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• 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

• About That Flowered Surface

  

  Chicken pot pie is a fine comfort food whilst one's waiting for a winter storm. When I saw THIS RECIPE on Facebook Tuesday I thought that the crust looked... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 FOOD & DRINK, PHOTOGRAPHY, RECIPES

• Scaring Ourselves ...and Babies Too

  

  I really enjoyed hearing from so many of you about the horror movies that had made an impact/scarred you for life and I started ruminating on just why it is man... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What, Again?

  

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  Posted on 11 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Weekend Writing Workshops in Rugby -- Tennessee, That Is..

  

  Once again, I must engage in a bit of shameless self-promotion. As well as the Wildacres workshop in July (see side bar,) I will be teaching two weekend... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lost on the Internet in 1861

  

  At last I have gotten a real handle on this story I'm telling. I have been so bogged down in preliminary research -- and there's quite a bit to know about the... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Rare Opportunity

  

  I just found out that the Allen House is for sale by the owner. If you dream of living in a funky little mountain town in a historic house, here's your chance.... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Horror!!!

  

  When I was in my teens, quite a long time ago, I really loved horror movies. That, is, till I saw Psycho, back in 1960. John and I were seniors in high school... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Promises . . .

  

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  Posted on 06 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Polly Allen's House

  

  Mary Allen (who was known as Polly) is one of the five voices in my novel . . . Her house has been a familiar sight for almost forty years . . . Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lost in the 1860s

  

  I spent yesterday wandering the internets looking for images that would help me to hone in on and flesh out the story of the places and people I'm writing... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Shades of Gray

  

  Normally I prefer color -- the more the better.But using the pencil sketch thingy on Picasa made me see these photos as both more mysterious and more detailed. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Reflecting . . .

  

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  Posted on 02 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Here There Be Dragons . . .

  

  I've alway loved the idea of dragons -- my favorite, perhaps, being the dragon that Eustace becomes in C.S. Lewis's The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY