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• Iconic Food Memories

  

  In a recent POST I talked about re-reading the Oz books in search of a soup sea -- and not finding it. Through the wonder of social media, a Facebook friend... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Making Order from Chaos in the Garden. . . and Taking a Picture Or Two

  

  The broccoli and most of the other cole crops are terminal -- bug ridden and thoroughly foul. There's nothing for it but to hoick them out. But there are still... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Dance of the Cosmos

  

  Not the heavenly Cosmos of the astronomers but these simple garden flowers -- pretty heavenly in their own right. . . "The things by which our emotions can be... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Kosher Spam?

  

  Perhaps the Universe is trying to tell me something. The other day I received the following puzzling email: Customer Service is our motto... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Downstairs Chickens

  

  Remember the little chick that Justin and Claui's hen hatched out? He (or she -- opinions differ) is near grown now and Momma has gone off, possibly to raise... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Evidently She's Not Yet Bored with Butterflies. Or Zinnias.

  

  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 15 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Smiling on the Far Side of Summer

  

  The blistering heat and suffocating humidity of the past weeks has been replaced with drier, cooler air. Even the quality of light has changed -- clearer and... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Record of an Obsession

  

  July 26 August 2 August 4 August 5 August 6 August 7 August 10 August 11 - 8:44 pm 9:30 pm 9:31 pm 9:38 pm 10:26 pm August 12 -- the next morning Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lions and Tigers and Satanists, Oh My!

  

  The OZ books were early favorites of mine, beginning in the third grade. The library at Roosevelt Elementary had most of them and several of my friends had more. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Perseids Alert -- A Public Service Announcement

  

  In the wee hours (that's the hard part) before dawn is the best time to spot them. The Perseids are one of the biggest meteor showers of the year -- 50-60 per... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Overheard in the Herd -- Cow Poetry

  

  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 10 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Around the Mountain

  

  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 09 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Ugly American

  

  Many years ago I taught at a prep school in Tampa and I encountered some younger versions of Trump -- the golden boys and girls whose parents' wealth had led... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Garden...And Another Tomato Pie

  

  This lovely girl, nonchalantly munching forsythia in our front yard is probably the one who has wiped out three-quarters of my corn and most of my beans. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bugs and Fungi and Flowers and Fruit!

  

  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 06 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Braving the Fire -- Writing About Grief and Loss

  

  I've been fortunate, so far, in my life not to have been faced with an overpowering loss that left me grief-stricken and wanting to write about it. So why did... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oh, These Hot Summer Days!

  

  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 04 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Being There and Schrodinger's Cat

  

  On these hot summer days I try to get done what must be done in the morning and spend the afternoon indoors where fans provide a relative coolness. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday, Sunday

  

  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 02 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bad Nip Trip

  

  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 01 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY