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• May Day!

  

  At one time it was the custom to hang baskets filled with flowers on friends' doors on the morning of May 1. (There's a link HERE to a NPR story about this.)... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Vondalee Makes an Appearance

  

  I was on my way home from the plant nursery when I caught sight of this convertible and my jaw dropped. Not that I'm blown away by old cars (though this was muc... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• To Erase the Terrifying After-Images of Yesterday's Post

  

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  Posted on 29 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sometimes I Have Apocalyptic Nightmares . . .

  

  . . . and I dream that a huge number of my fellow Americans think that a vulgarian with a fourth grade vocabulary and a kindergarten mentality would be a good... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Gallimaufry with a Rude Glove

  

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  Posted on 27 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Greener Pastures

  

  The cows gathered around the hay ring are about to have a nice surprise. This one, on babysitting duty, wonders what's up. John has used a bucket of sweet feed... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• New Life In the Pond

  

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  Posted on 25 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Purple Plain

  

  No, this isn't meant as a tribute to Prince though if you like to consider it as such, that's fine with me. I don't have anything against the late artist -- it'... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• After the Rain

  

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  Posted on 23 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Earth Day 2016

  

  Every day is Earth Day around here, especially in the Spring. John did the tilling and I've been hand weeding the asparagus and my creepy garden, as well as... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sun and Shadow and Spring

  

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  Posted on 21 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• DIMESTORE by Lee Smith

  

  When I was at Malaprop's on Sunday to hear my students read, I treated myself to a copy of Lee Smith's new book -- a collection of essays about her life as a... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Glorious Color Everywhere!

  

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  Posted on 19 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Student Reading at Malaprop's

  

  Yesterday members of my Advanced Prose class read at Malaprop's, Asheville's gem of a bookstore that recently made national news with a New York Times op-ed by... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Detente

  

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  Posted on 17 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Near and Far

  

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  Posted on 16 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Time to Get Busy

  

  Time to get the chickweed and henbit out of the flower bed around the sundial . . . time to weed the asparagus . . . Time to admire the slowly opening tree peon... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pink and Blue Bloomers

  

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  Posted on 14 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Strangely Interesting

  

  Ah, HB2, the 'Bathroom Bill' again. My friends from more enlightened areas have wondered what the big deal is. HB2 was rushed through in a matter of hours and,... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Gardens of Wally Maria

  

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  Posted on 12 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY