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• Ode to Peppers

  

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  Posted on 20 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Aliens in the House

  

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  Posted on 19 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday, Sunday . . . Skies and Sourwood

  

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  Posted on 18 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Load of Shitakes

  

  John came into the kitchen Thursday with a bucket full of shitake mushrooms. A log that had been inoculated about five years ago and had done Nothing in all thi... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Sunrise

  

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  Posted on 16 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cargoes

  

  By John Masefield Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory. And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood,... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Recently Read

  

  Vagabonde sent me a copy of Widow -- I'd been meaning to read it ever since I sat next to Mr. Hicks at a book signing years ago. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Early Autumn Color

  

  Glass Gem corn Wild Persimmons Sassafras leaves Seek-No- Farther apples Poke berries Glass Gem corn (again -- thanks, Dannie P.! Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• My New Favorite Soup

  

  The cooler rainy weather we're having seems to call for soup. I've made this potato/kale soup twice now -- and suspect it will become a menu regular. It's fairl... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Silence

  

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  Posted on 11 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Falling into Sync with the Season

  

  Layla is puzzled as I shift the decor about. Away with the summer blue and white and in with the colors of fall! I change the pantry curtain and pillow covers i... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Creeping Color

  

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  Posted on 09 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Blast from the Past . . . Or Is It?

  

  Continuing my purge of my workroom, de-accessioning books. going through files and folders and mysterious boxes of stuff, unopened in thirty-some years, I came... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Just to Say. . .

  

  Though we never lost power during all the rains and our weather is glorious now, our internet server is down. I am briefly at the library to post this notice.... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Still Raining . . . But Not Too Much

  

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  Posted on 04 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Overheard in Heaven

  

  “Careful, Gabe, The Big Guy’s in a seriously unheavenly mood at the moment. I’d just shove all those petitions behind a cloud for the next few millennia if I... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Signs of the Season

  

  Blackberry leaves turn . . . Squirrels feast on Black Walnuts . . . Poison ivy takes on beautiful color . . . Sang (ginseng) yellows up . . . Michaelmas... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Thankful for Rain . . .

  

  We've had rainy weather for days now . . . and our dryer isn't working. John has diagnosed the problem and has the necessary part ordered . . . Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Drawer

  

  A mixed bag of memorabilia from the drawer of my grandmother's treadle sewing machine . . . a pair of pince nez, snapshots of her and my grandfather during thei... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Quick Captures

  

  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 29 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY