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• Gone to Brasstown . . .

  

  The garden is hoed; the houseplants watered, and things are as close to in order as I can manage. Today I'm going down the road for a week of teaching at John C... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dog Tussle

  

  May 31 - June 6 JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL - A Practical Guide to Writing Popular Fiction i'll be leading a class for all levels in the nuts and bolts of... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This, That, and the Other

  

  May 31 - June 6 JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL - A Practical Guide to Writing Popular Fiction i'll be leading a class for all levels in the nuts and bolts of... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Thinking Ahead

  

  When Cathy Guthrie posted the above picture on her Facebook page, offering a truckload of firewood for a hundred dollars (delivered,) we were quick to take her... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mostly Non-Vulgar Blooms

  

  Snapdragon Clematis Spiderwort Clematis Double Your Pleasure Japanese Iris Dandelion Galaxy Old Fashioned Iris Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Rather Vulgar Flower

  

  Ah, the scent of carrion is in the air! The Arum Vulgaris (also called arum dracunculus, voodoo lily, snake lily, stink lily, dragonwort) is in bloom! Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Memorial Day 2015

  

  All those lives ended . . . Honor them by pondering War's true cost before Beating the drum . . . Waving the flag . . . And sending more to die. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Crow Counts Coup . . . Red-Tailed Hawk Ignores Crow

  

  May 31 - June 6 JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL - A Practical Guide to Writing Popular Fiction i'll be leading a class for all levels in the nuts and bolts of... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Grueling Schedule at Camp NoFun

  

  Some people expect that a visit to our corner of the mountains will have to include the brew pubs and music venues of Asheville, as well as the art galleries an... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Field of Honor

  

  On my way back from taking my friend Eleanor to the airport yesterday, this field of flags caught my eye and I pulled in to the shopping center where they were... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Paw Paw Fixer-Upper -- with Barn

  

  Across the road from the little cemetery I photographed the other day is this old cabin. I believe it's been deserted as long as we've been here -- some forty... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Back to the Garden -- Oh, the Excitement!

  

  One probably has to be a gardener to understand the excitement of seeing tiny squash seedlings appearing . . . And the joy of kale (three different types) and... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Just Off the Road

  

  Just off a road not far from our farm is a tiny family cemetery. It seems to be all Paynes -- the concrete marker above -- which I can't really decipher -- and... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Ballerinas of the Flower World

  

  May 31 - June 6 JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL - A Practical Guide to Writing Popular Fiction i'll be leading a class for all levels in the nuts and bolts of... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Good Times

  

  Eleanor, a long-time (forty-five or more years) is here for a visit, her first in fifteen years, and, as always, the talk is of books and music and films. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Yellow Flags

  

  The wild iris called yellow flags are in full bloom. About thirty-five years ago, I dug up a clump from the wild and set them out on the edge of a branch near... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Farm Life

  

  May 31 - June 6 JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL - A Practical Guide to Writing Popular Fiction i'll be leading a class for all levels in the nuts and bolts of... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Everywhere I Turn . . .

  

  May 31 - June 6 JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL - A Practical Guide to Writing Popular Fiction i'll be leading a class for all levels in the nuts and bolts of... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Calfies Learn About Aurochs

  

  Go HERE for lots of interesting stuff about aurochs, which are ( no matter what our bull Tobler thinks) extinct, alas! Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Deep Greens and Blues Are the Colors I Choose . . . and Some Purples

  

  May 31 - June 6 JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL - A Practical Guide to Writing Popular Fiction i'll be leading a class for all levels in the nuts and bolts of... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY