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Vicki Lane Mysteries
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An eclectic mix of photography and thoughts on writing, Appalachia, books, memories, cooking, gardening,country living, pets, and more from the author of the Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 3924 )
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Love, Hate, and Facebook -- It's Complicated
I blame it all on the Publicity Department at Random House. Some years back, they encouraged me to do a newsletter for readers of my books. Read more
Posted on 15 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
De Colores
Posted on 14 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Timely Quotes -- Deja Vu All Over Again
Interesting quotes from a book I'm reading -- guess who the book's about. "In our Nation today, we have still the continuing menace of a comparatively small... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Morning Comes Softly
Posted on 12 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
The Ledbetter Sisters
In celebration of yesterday's judicial decision in North Carolina removing the barriers to gay marriage -- thereby unleashing the forces of evil and putting... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Autumn Light
Posted on 10 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Goldfish and Pickerel Weed
Posted on 09 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Tellie and Marion and the Supremes
r When I read the news that the Supreme Court had declined to review various gay-marriage cases, in effect making gay marriage legal in a number of additional... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Where Do Clouds Come From?
Posted on 07 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Something Tells Me . . .
Your footsteps rang on the tile of the empty passageway as you strode toward the door at the other end. You had traversed this hall many times but today,... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Freeze Warning!
There's a freeze warning for Sunday morning so I head for the garden to pick the last of the green peppers. Good bye to the nasturtiums that have been so... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Fall Garden Cleanup
What a dump! Time to put away the shade cloth and pull some weeds . . . "I was toad to pose for a picture." The basil is still flourishing but I have so much... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Animal, Vegetable, Or Mineral?
A sea creature of some sort? The interior of a geode? No, it's a giant radish -- white outside with this lovely pinkish-purple interior. Read more
Posted on 03 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Autumn Tiptoes In . . .
Posted on 02 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Keeping the Faith
Why in the world would someone spend the better part of a beautiful fall day to make eight small jars of jelly? I like to think that it was, in some way, a nod... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
September Song
Posted on 30 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
This is Your Cat on 'Nip
Posted on 29 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Keats' Ode to Autumn - and Vicki's Ode to Applesauce
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Cloudy in the East
Posted on 27 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Kitchen Nostalgia
A few days ago, while rummaging under our kitchen benches in search of my applesauce strainer, I realized that it had been a long time, a very long time since... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY