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• A Strange Novel

  

  This novel, set at an elite English prep school and told from two points of view: one of the long-time masters, deeply entrenched in and loyal to the school, an... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Brrrrrr!

  

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  Posted on 21 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Heading to the Single Digits

  

  Big deal, my Canadian friends are saying. But weather this cold tests all our systems and keeps us on edge. Will we lose power? Will the pipes freeze? How long... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mystery Photos from the Past

  

  More snaps from the same cache, but this time there were no labels. I just liked these without knowing who these people were. This natty little boy caught my... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Snow Day With Snow

  

  No school again! Monday was MLK Day and I stayed with Meema. Tuesday was a snow day and even Mama didn't go to work so I stayed home with her. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Bit of Snow

  

  Tuesday--Not much of a snow but it's cold-- temp in the low twenties and dropping. John headed out to take stuff for the dumpsters and recycling and found our... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Flowers Inside, Snowy Mix Outside

  

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  Posted on 16 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 1922 Trip Down Florida's East Coast

  

  Saturday's clean out and reorganization of the mathom closet revealed a stash of old photos from my maternal grandparents. I already have several of their old... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Playing with Salt

  

  If you sprinkle salt on a half-dry watercolor wash as I've done here in the blue, you get these lovely effects. Lots of fun to see what happens as it dries. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Reward

  

  At the grocery store, the cheerful display of bulbs and primroses absolutely called to me. It's such a pleasure to see blooms in this somewhat grim time of... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunshine and Shadow and Blue, Blue Sky

  

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  Posted on 12 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josephine the Pirate Queen

  

  There was no school on Tuesday and I stayed with Grandma and Apa. On Wednesday I stayed with Meema and Grumpy. First I had pancakes and then I had some cocoa... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Tale for the Time Being

  

  I read the first page and was hooked. A Japanese teenager is sitting in a French maid cafe, writing to an unknown 'you.' Already there was so much I wanted to... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Red Sky at Morning

  

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  Posted on 09 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It's Kinda Addictive

  

  It's been gloomy and cold all day--it was actually snowing lightly when I took this picture--but it mattered not because I was in the pantry, continuing to... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Terra Ingognita

  

  Terra incognita aka Under the Kitchen sink.At last, after some happy piddling around with books and watercolors, I've returned to The Project: Cleaning and... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Saturday

  

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  Posted on 06 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Trip to Italy (Armchair Version)

  

  From Venice to Sicily, in the comfort of home...Two mysteries took me there. Leon's Commissario Brunetti is excellent company in which to navigate the canals an... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bare Beauty

  

  You were expecting something else?As always, I am enchanted by the skeleton shapes of trees against the winter sky.And as I was taking these pictures, I... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Two To Do Lists

  

  One is a list I wrote for Josie.The other is one she wrote in response.Perhaps you can guess which is which. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY