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• Brutal Pottering

  

  The weather has been glorious the past few days so it seemed like a good time to go out and attack some potted plants with a knife. . Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fooling Around With Fish

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blogging into the Sunset

  

  Last week I received the following email: The Communication Studies department at Northwestern University is recruiting adults over the age of 65 with their... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Taking Time to Enjoy

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Turkey Thighs Fruity Chuck. . . and the Aftermath

  

  This recipe was the invention of our cousin Charley some years ago. I made it repeatedly and then, as these things go, forgot about it. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Scenes

  

  Kousa Dogwood Autumn Clematis Vines Autumn clematis blooms Pickerel Weed Liriope Catnip Geranium going to seed Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Guns for Peace of MInd

  

  Yesterday on Facebook a local entrepreneur who is rehabilitating an old theater in a nearby town posted the following notice: "When _____ opens we will welcome... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Stories

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Iconic Food Memories

  

  In a recent POST I talked about re-reading the Oz books in search of a soup sea -- and not finding it. Through the wonder of social media, a Facebook friend... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Making Order from Chaos in the Garden. . . and Taking a Picture Or Two

  

  The broccoli and most of the other cole crops are terminal -- bug ridden and thoroughly foul. There's nothing for it but to hoick them out. But there are still... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Dance of the Cosmos

  

  Not the heavenly Cosmos of the astronomers but these simple garden flowers -- pretty heavenly in their own right. . . "The things by which our emotions can be... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Kosher Spam?

  

  Perhaps the Universe is trying to tell me something. The other day I received the following puzzling email: Customer Service is our motto... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Downstairs Chickens

  

  Remember the little chick that Justin and Claui's hen hatched out? He (or she -- opinions differ) is near grown now and Momma has gone off, possibly to raise... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Evidently She's Not Yet Bored with Butterflies. Or Zinnias.

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Smiling on the Far Side of Summer

  

  The blistering heat and suffocating humidity of the past weeks has been replaced with drier, cooler air. Even the quality of light has changed -- clearer and... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Record of an Obsession

  

  July 26 August 2 August 4 August 5 August 6 August 7 August 10 August 11 - 8:44 pm 9:30 pm 9:31 pm 9:38 pm 10:26 pm August 12 -- the next morning Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lions and Tigers and Satanists, Oh My!

  

  The OZ books were early favorites of mine, beginning in the third grade. The library at Roosevelt Elementary had most of them and several of my friends had more. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Perseids Alert -- A Public Service Announcement

  

  In the wee hours (that's the hard part) before dawn is the best time to spot them. The Perseids are one of the biggest meteor showers of the year -- 50-60 per... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Overheard in the Herd -- Cow Poetry

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Around the Mountain

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY