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• Under the Mercy Trees

  

  I've been aware of this book for a while -- it won the prestigious Thomas Wolfe Prize back in 2011. But somehow I didn't get around to reading it till just now. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Harvest and Harvester

  

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  Posted on 23 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cousins . . .

  

  A family visit this past weekend and we enjoyed getting to see these two cousins having fun together. Launching paper planes from the loft overlooking the livin... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Saturday

  

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  Posted on 20 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mystery Fruit

  

  Look at these tiny apples -- or whatever they are. (That's an ordinary teaspoon for scale.) They are quite tart and more or less apple flavored but I'm not... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Hidden Jewel

  

  In the six or seven years I've been teaching for the Great Smokies Writing Program, outreach classes through University of North Carolina at Asheville, my... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Potpourri

  

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  Posted on 17 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Chaos Theory

  

  John has opened up a hole on the living room wall to install a kerosene heater as backup to the fireplace, A very cold winter is predicted and, though we have... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Overheard . . .

  

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  Posted on 15 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Up to My Ears in WInter Squash

  

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  Posted on 14 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 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

  

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  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

  

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  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

  

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  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

  

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  Posted on 02 September 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY