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• Rime Ice -- A Magical Morning

  

  At first I thought it had snowed . . . A closer look told me it was rime ice -- frozen fog -- turning the world beyond the window into a fairyland . . . Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Evening Skies

  

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  Posted on 28 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Return of Old Friends

  

  I am a long time fan of Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee novels. I love the wise Joe Leaphorn as well as the younger, often conflicted Jim Chee. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Weekend Snow

  

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  Posted on 26 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Drip, Drip, Drip of Time

  

  Icicles are a fleeting beauty here. They form, they grow, and then they melt. Unless they break loose unexpectedly to shatter on the ground. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Snowzilla and Snow Cream

  

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  Posted on 24 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cuban Sandwiches -- A Taste of the Homeland

  

  Nephew John and family came for a visit on Thursday, bearing Cuban sandwiches from Tampa. (From The Floridian, to be exact.) Oh, bliss! Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On a Snowy Day

  

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  Posted on 22 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dogz

  

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  Posted on 21 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Yesterday and a Farther Yesterday

  

  We have gone the better part of two miles when the sergeant calls out an order and our column turns up a steep trail into the woods. I am puzzled for it ain’t... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Bit of Snow . . . and Very Cold

  

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  Posted on 19 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Thinking About PC On MLK Day

  

  Surely Martin Luther King would feel proud of this country for electing an African-American president not once but twice. He might even think that his dream... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blue Light Special!!!

  

  I'm late to the party on this one as it was a best seller some eight years ago. It's one of the rare self-published books to gained enough attention for a... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Much of a Nothingness . . .

  

  Yesterday's weather was like the picture below, except when it was raining hard and visibility was approximately three feet. Cold, wet, and exceedingly dreary -... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mend My Life

  

  A re-post from 2008 --- From a writers' workshop. We were given the line 'Mend my life' . . . Mend my life;Make it holy -- wholly new and newly whole. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Willa and Her Unca Monkey (AKA Ali)

  

  Justin took this sweet picture with his phone . . . And I posterized it . . . And neoned it . . . and played with the focus. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Increments . . .

  

  This huge (bigger than a basketball) hornet's nest was built one tiny mouthful of wood pulp and hornet saliva at a time. growing slowly and perfectly to its... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sun, Sky, Water

  

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  Posted on 12 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Loving Eleanor

  

  is a fascinating historical novel dealing with the relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt, arguably one of the most influential First Ladies ever, and Lorena... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Shadows

  

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  Posted on 10 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY