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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 ( 4052 )
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You Are Stopped at a Railroad Crossing . . .
You're stopped there and you're thinking about the blog post you want to do on using second person point of view in a piece of fiction. Second person -- you... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
What the Tortoise Saw
Posted on 10 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Potato Ducky
, you're the one! Makes washing dishes Lots of fun! On Sunday night Justin and Claui cooked dinner up here (barbecued chicken, potato salad, and green beans,)... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Writers on the Rock
Yesterday Chimney Rock Park hosted a gaggle of writers. We were set up under tents at the foot of the rock where an enthusiastic group listened to us read from... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Blood Meridian -- Reading Out of My Comfort Zone
I've avoided Cormac McCarthy for years, ever since perusing a copy of All the Pretty Horses at the library and deciding that it looked kind of violent and that... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
In the Garden, In the Kitchen . . . and a Rainbow Lying Low
Posted on 06 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Knights in Shining Armor
Facebook is so insidious -- it's easy to get caught up in other people's drama. I've gotten better about refraining from jumping into an argument with people... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Seen in Late Summer
Posted on 04 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
The Joy of a New Tractor
What could be more exciting than a shiny new tractor! Our old tractor, after some twenty years of service, had problems. Little things -- the mechanism that... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Taciturn Tuesday
Posted on 02 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Labor Day
Put away the white shoes. Move the seersucker to the back of the closet. It's Labor Day -- the beginning of the fall season (even if it's still way too hot. Read more
Posted on 01 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Quilt Stories . . .
This is the other side of all those squares of newspaper I showed you yesterday -- a string-pieced quilt top. I was amazed when one of my students passed on... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
What Is It?
A puzzle . . . of which, more tomorrow . . . Read more
Posted on 30 August 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Web Woes
Our internet is still down but thanks to Justin and Claui and the loan of a handy-dandy little WiFi gizmo, we are back on line, more or less. Meanwhile, there... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Lily + Ali
When our great niece Lily visited a few weeks ago, she and Ali pretty much fell in love. He slept on the bed with her and, now that she's gone, he comes up... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Yes, I Can
I've told this story before but I love it so much, by golly, here I go again. Almost forty years ago, after we had made our move to the farm and become caught u... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
The New Guy
Posted on 24 August 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
None of That Here . . .
Posted on 23 August 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Taking It for Granite . . .
The kittehs were appalled. Actually, so were we, on discovering that the wooden underpinnings of our sink were being gnawed on by larder beetles, dropping a... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
In a Friend's Garden
Posted on 21 August 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY