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• Your Natural Self

  

  In the wake of the Academy Awards and a great deal of on line chatter about bad plastic surgery and the (perceived) need to look young, author Laura Lippman... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, Tra La!

  

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  Posted on 06 March 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What's That Up There?

  

  "Come out here now!" John said and, grabbing my camera, I followed him to the front porch. He pointed to the hillside from whence came a confusion of turkey... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Winter Weather ... I Rebuke You Once More!!!!

  

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  Posted on 04 March 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Everyday Sacrament -A Re-Post

  

  Here's another everyday (in the sense of ordinary, rather than daily) sacrament that I observe now and then -- ironing the linen hand towels that were part of m... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Everything's Better with Kittehs

  

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  Posted on 02 March 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Most Proper Orgy

  

  I'm not sure when I began to read Barbara Pym -- over thirty years ago, I think, when, after a long period of obscurity, she was re-discovered by the literary... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Goodbye, February!

  

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  Posted on 28 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Not Your Mama's Beanie Weenie

  

  No, not Beanie Weenie but Italian Sausages with Cannellini Beans. This is an amazingly easy, incredibly tasty, one-dish meal. It fills the house with an aroma... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Taciturn Tuesday

  

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  Posted on 25 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Where. Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

  

  Oh, but I am. A neighbor spotted the two bad dogs about a mile down the road yesterday morning and when John went to get them, they had disappeared. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Smell of Earth

  

  This is a repost from the early days of the blog -- and it's exactly what I hope to be doing today if it doesn't rain...On a day like today -- sunny and balmy -... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Watching . . .

  

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  Posted on 21 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sim's War

  

  I like to have a picture in my mind of the folks I write about. I already showed you Polly Allen and her husband -- but when I'm making up a character, I look... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blue Skies Over Thomas Wolfe's Place

  

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  Posted on 19 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Aha! (More Sympathetic Magic)

  

  Well, here's part of the problem . . .my little astrolabe ( a Christmas gift) was set on late December. No wonder The Weather was stuck. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sympathetic Magic --- Doing My Part

  

  After a considerable snow Saturday morning, followed by considerable melting later in the day, we awoke Sunday morning to find it had snowed again in the nightW... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In Need of Captions

  

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  Posted on 16 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunshine!

  

  Late Thursday afternoon as the sun was sinking behind us, the clouds parted just enough to let a little light fall on the mountains across the river. After... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Stand Your Ground

  

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  Posted on 14 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY