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• Like the Cat Ate the Grindstone

  

  Little by little, that is. I'm slowly making my way through the kitchen, taking stuff out of cabinets, making decisions, washing, recycling, tossing.I've been a... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Sweet Surprise

  

  This arrived in the mail--a book by a past student. And she credits an assignment in my class at John C. Campbell as being the catalyst for this novel. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lingering Color

  

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  Posted on 13 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• For the Castle People

  

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  Posted on 12 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Go Vets!

  

  Josie's class learned about Veteran's Day and when I told her that Grumpy was a vet, she decided to decorate for the holiday.With thanks to all who chose to... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Talismans

  

  Cleaning out a drawer of seldom used kitchen implements, I found a little trove of nostalgia--my maternal grandmother's biscuit cutters, hard-boiled egg... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• William Morris, Marie Kondo, and Swedish Death Cleaning

  

  William Morris famously said, "Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." That would be a good guideline but it's... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sixty Years? Dang!

  

  "I give this marriage five years," said my mother in a fit of pique shortly after our wedding on November 9, 1963.Well, she was wrong. Today is our sixtieth... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Dust of Ages in a Country Kitchen

  

  Visitors to our house almost always love our funky kitchen, its baskets and pots hanging from the ceiling beams, the wood stove and cast-iron cookware, the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie After School

  

  When Meema picked me up, I asked if we could go get ice cream. She said we only do that once a week and would I like to do it today or Wednesday. (There is no... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Good Morning

  

  Just shots from my phone. The color fades so quickly that it was gone by the time I went and got my real camera. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Gumbo YaYa

  

  What a delicious Louisiana-flavored stew of friends and family, of Spanish moss-hung place, of loss and longing and redemption! I read these two books 25 years... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Dances at the Grocery Store

  

  Meema and me went to the grocery store after school. The grocery store is a great place to practice dancing.My ballet teacher says we should practice at home an... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Going to Water

  

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  Posted on 03 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Leaf Fall

  

  The trees that have been so beautiful are shedding their finery and taking on their severe winter aspect. On Tuesday, the big mulberry in the pasture was a blaz... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rabbit, Rabbit

  

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  Posted on 01 November 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie in the Graveyard--10 Years Ago--A Repost

  

  Why, Lizzie Beth honey, how proud I am to see you! Come on in and git you a chair. I'm just waiting on that spice cake in the oven to be done, then I'm aiming t... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Evening Looking East

  

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  Posted on 30 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• There Seems to Be an Art Critic in the House

  

  Rummaging through my painting stuff, I came across these mutilated attempts. I can't decide if Bailey chewed on them because she liked them or hated them.Which... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• If You're Tired of Autumn, Skip This Post

  

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  Posted on 28 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY