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• 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

• Autumnal Equinox

  

  The sun is in the middle of our horizon, beginning its long slide south. Poised between summer heat and winter cold, we enjoy the glory and the poignant,... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fuchsias and Coming to the Mountains

  

  The first fuchsia I ever saw was hanging on my friend Vicky Owen's front porch, a little ballerina of a flower. It seemed magical to me like everything in this... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Re Guilt: A Conundrum

  

  Something has been puzzling me. I wonder what the overlap is between the (white)folks who don't want history taught that might cause their (white)children to... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY