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• Bling Hip Hop Disco Ball Jewelry

  

  I received a puzzling email the other day, part of which I reproduce below: ".... I find that your blog is so fantastic awesome, so I am here to kindly... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Starring Sunflower

  

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  Posted on 10 August 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Writers at Wolfe

  

  Tomorrow (Saturday, August 10) I'll be at the historic Thomas Wolfe House in downtown Asheville for their Writers at Wolfe series. I'll read a bit from some of... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• No Politics . . . Just Pictures . . .

  

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  Posted on 08 August 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Next Day . . .

  

  After the excitement of the Moral Monday protest, I was happy to get back to the garden . . . But I found that I was humming "We Shall Overcome" as I snapped th... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moral Monday in Asheville

  

  Moral Mondays are the liberal/progressive response to the recent dire excesses of the Republican controlled North Carolina legislature. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Land Remembered

  

  Thanks to Patrick D. Smith's A Land Remembered, I spent most of yesterday wandering through the Florida of long ago -- a Florida without high rises,... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pleasing Things

  

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  Posted on 04 August 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Is It Caturday Already?

  

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  Posted on 03 August 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Late Afternoon Stroll

  

  Come along. . . Willa's waiting . . . The Italian Arum seed heads are ripening . . . The sweet smell of milkweed fills the air . . . Too early for this . . . Th... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This Is Not My Hammock

  

  Back in 1966, during John's final months in the Marines, we bought a hammock at Pawley's Island. John was stationed at Beaufort, SC and we were living in a... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Popular Hangout

  

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  Posted on 31 July 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fantasy and Science Fiction

  

  I came across this neat LINK on Facebook (thanks, Deana!) and thought it worth sharing. It's NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey as nominated by... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More Hummingbirds and a Video

  

  Here's a link to a video of the action at the feeder. I think that there are 10 or 12 hummers -- mostly females and juveniles. John and I were sitting in the... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Consider the Bean . . .

  

  I had plenty of time to consider the bean as I sat on the porch, snapping off the little winged stem ends . . .These purple beans are green inside -- and will... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Late July Garden

  

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  Posted on 27 July 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Phytophotodermatitis

  

  I love learning new stuff. And, of course, personal experience is the best teacher. But I'd rather have learned this new word at second or third hand. Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Three Pictures

  

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  Posted on 25 July 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• K-K-K-Kittehs

  

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  Posted on 24 July 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Back to THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE

  

  I took my time finishing Neil Gaiman's THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE -- it's not a big book like NEVERWHERE or AMERICAN GODS -- it's only about a hundred... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY