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• Pilaf, Pilau, Purloo, Bog

  

  So many names for a dish popular in many countries. Basically, rice (or some other grain) cooked in broth with aromatic vegetables and maybe some meat. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hellebores!

  

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  Posted on 24 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Read Dangerously

  

  Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran writes, in the guise of letters to her late father from the time of the 2019 protests in Iran to the killing of... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• About the Age Thing

  

  I have been grinning like a Cheshire Cat as I read more about President Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine--a war zone, no less. He may be old but, by god, he's... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• That Time of Year Thou Mayst in Me Behold

  

  I love this picture so much! John suggested it would be a good author picture if I did another book (which I do not have in contemplation.) I probably will... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mystery Wood

  

  More pretties from John's shop. These weedpots (suitable for dried vegetation) are made of wood from a fallen tree that had been down so long that the bark was... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Excellent Reading

  

  I'd been seeing intriguing ads for The Vanishing Half and was thrilled to find it in the bag 0' books my local book pusher left me. Identical twins grow up in... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Spends the Day with Meema

  

  On Friday I went to school but after a little while my tummy hurt and they called my mama who was at work and Mama called Meema and Meema came and got me. So I... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oh Joy!

  

  These daffs are always the first to open. With their long trumpets and swept back petals, they herald a fast-approaching Spring.Yes, I know it's too fast and... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Challenge

  

  Yikes! Trying to paint a likeness of an animal I actually know is a bitch. (Oops, didn't intend that pun.) As I launched into the preliminary sketch, taken... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Valentine's Day Celebration

  

  This card commemorates the first Valentine's Day of our marriage. 1964 and we were living in a tiny trailer (officially designated 'sub-standard housing' by... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Taciturn Tuesday (Happy Valentine's Day to All of You)

  

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  Posted on 14 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More Exercises

  

  Doing the tiny brushstrokes for fur is hard and tedious. I may need a different brush. And more practice.A young salamander aka eft. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lucky Me

  

  02/08/2023 Greenwise Your Plan to become Debt Free and How We Might Be Able to Help 02/08/2023 Greenwise Your Plan to become Debt Free and How We Might Be Able... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Frog Went A-Courting

  

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  Posted on 11 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Meeting with Readers

  

  A spectacular sky led to a warm, mainly overcast day. Frogs are singing in the pond, and John just pulled a tick off Jenny.It was a nice day to drive to Hot... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• At Random with Downard Dog

  

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  Posted on 09 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Americanah

  

  This is simply a marvelous book. The New York Times Book Review called it one of the ten best of the year. For me, it was eye opening. Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Does an Experiment

  

  While Meema was putting away the groceries, I did an experiment. I got out my fingerpaints and my scratch pad and paper and brushes and water all by myself. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Warming Trend

  

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  Posted on 06 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY