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• Not So Silent Sunday

  

  Prosecute all those implicated in the Epstein Files.Get rid of ICE as it is now --no masks, no searches without judicial warrants, no racial profiling, full... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Galaxy Nearby

  

  I was filling the bird feeder on our deck and the patterns on the weathered siding caught my eye.I'm not sure why the knot holes show up so brilliantly, but the... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dear Sirs

  

  To my senators:The so-called SAVE Bill is a thinly disguised attempt at voter suppression and a thinly disguised poll tax. Women, the elderly, and the... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Warming Trend!

  

  Tuesday morning dawn gave promise of a fine day.And it was! Pleasant enough (around 60) for John to find things to do outside, for me to take the dogs out for... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Waltz Me to the End of Time--repost

  

  That? That piece of sheet music came from Miss Annie's house. After she passed away back in '65, the property went to a nephew who lived in Alabama. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Drop of Golden Sun!

  

  I took these pictures at the end of a blessedly sunny day which had melted most of the snow. But it was almost 4 and the sun was slinking along the southern... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Danger! Danger!

  

  The upside down stamps are a tiny political protest as I pay bills. I miss the old days when I didn't wake up every morning wondering what new outrage the Orang... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Sunday

  

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  Posted on 08 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dear Sirs

  

  My friend Vic sent me the following.I can't improve on his words.Before the turn of the last century depictions of Blacks as apes appeared in news papers all... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hanging In There

  

  The snow is melting and it looks like our driveway is passable at the moment--but there may be more snow and colder temps Friday afternoon. Arrgh! Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Another Snow Day for Josie

  

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  Posted on 05 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Two Lives

  

  I'm recycling a post I did back in August of '08 about my maternal grandparents -- Victor Huborn and Ruby. 1914 ~ Troy, AlabamaRiding in a rented buggy along a... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Still Cold

  

  Monday's sun was welcome but it didn't make a dent in the snow.It did produce some nice icicles.The moonrise was gorgeous, but it was too cold for me to linger... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More Comfort Reads for Uncomfortable Times

  

  I loved Simonson's Major Pettigrew's Last Stand so much that I reread it a week after finishing it.And then I treated myself to two more of hers. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And It Snowed

  

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  Posted on 31 January 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bracing for Another Snow Event

  

  We came through the last one unscathed; now we're hoping to keep our power and water in this weekend's weather. May all be well for all of us! Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And Another Snow Day

  

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  Posted on 29 January 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Heroes Among Us

  

  I'm thinking of Alex Pretti, who was murdered while bearing witness to the brutal tactics of ICE, while trying to assist a woman they had knocked to the ground. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Birds Against ICE

  

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  Posted on 27 January 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• New Dog in the Holler!

  

  We celebrated Justin and Claui's birthdays Saturday night and they brought up Claui's birthday present--a handsome young guy who is a real sweetie. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY