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• The Monkey Dilemma

  

  Scrolling through Facebook recently, I came across a video of an Asian woman feeding two little monkeys, both in diapers and fancy little outfits. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fall Fashions

  

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  Posted on 12 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Five Star Keeper

  

  A few weeks ago, John sent me a recipe for stuffed Portbello mushrooms. I finally remembered to purchase some large enough for stuffing. But I'd lost the... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Intimations of Autumn

  

  It's time to begin bringing in the non-hardy plants. It's been cool at night--in the forties--and no frost warning as yet but still, it's time. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Gothic Heroine

  

  A while back, my older son Ethan sent a picture of their dog Moxie, gazing pensively out the window, and mentioned that she looked like a Gothic heroine. I... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Look To This Day

  

  :For it is life, the very life of life.In its brief courseLie all the verities and realities of your existence.The bliss of growth,The glory of action,The... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And It Rained

  

  Not much. Not near enough.But oh, so welcome. A lovely smell of petrichor in the air and the accumulation of dust damped down. We are thankful for small favors. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• How Low It Is!

  

  Lack of rain has the river as low as I've ever seen it. The sandy bottom is actually exposed on the downstream side of some of the big rocks.No fall color yet... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Democracy Awakening--A Tour De Force

  

  Heather Cox Richardson delivers a solid, historically based examination of America's contradictory approach to democracy. From the Founding Fathers, whose fine... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Near and Far and In-Between

  

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  Posted on 04 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In Praise of Popovers

  

  It had been years since I'd made popovers. but when I was pondering what to have to go with some leftover vegetable soup, I remembered these yummy little... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wait for It

  

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  Posted on 02 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rabbit, Rabbit

  

  "You're doing the seasons with the rabbits!" squealed Josie when she saw what I was working on.Could be. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Doggy Daycare

  

  Justin and Claui's dogs often show around lunch time--which is when we feed our three their main meal of the day. Otter and Domino are on a different schedule. ... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Must Read

  

  Neil Gaiman or Patrick Tull (narrator of the Aubrey/Maturin series) read me to sleep most nights; Heather Cox Richardson kickstarts my mornings with her... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking Around

  

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  Posted on 28 September 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Day the Weaponized Castle Ladies Staged a Coup and Knocked Down the King

  

  The day dawned peacefully. But in the corner cupboard, rebellion was afoot.Emboldened by their new weapons, the Ladies determined it was time to smash the... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie the Cow Wrangler

  

  I had a busy afternoon yesterday. Meema picked me up and we went to the library and returned books and I picked out six new ones. There was a girl there who goe... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Killers of the Flower Moon

  

  Now a major motion picture, this book examines the 1920's reign of terror and violence perpetrated by leading (White) citizens against the oil-rich members of... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking Around

  

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  Posted on 24 September 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY