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• Along the Way

  

  A quick trip out to get my flu shot and a haircut--the wild reflection in the morning mirror was beginning to startle me.Driving on a clear fall day, with the... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• An Outage of Cows

  

  Louise and I were going to spend a pleasant day with watercolors so I went down to the lower place to pick her up, only to be confronted with cows where they... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Under Grey Skies

  

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  Posted on 18 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Class Struggle Ahead?

  

  Last month when I posted about the weaponized Castle Ladies staging a coup and knocking down the king, my son Ethan commented, "Next up, class struggle. Though ... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Small Outrage

  

  There is so much to be outraged about these days -- Ukraine, the Middle East, climate change, and the dysfunctional GOP that is holding our government hostage s... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Walkabout

  

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  Posted on 15 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Castle Ladies Take on Captain Hook (and Win)

  

  When Meema was bringing me home from school on Thursday, she told me she needed me to help her clean up the shelves where the Castle People live.So, after snack... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 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