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• Memorial Day--The Old Lie

  

  Dulce et Decorum Est BY WILFRED OWENBent double, like old beggars under sacks,Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,Till on the haunting... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Sunday

  

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  Posted on 28 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lovely Luna

  

  As we headed out on Thursday for Josie's graduation, this beauty was waiting for us on the trellis by the front steps.Lunas are a rare sight and the appearance... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Kindergarten Graduation!

  

  A momentous day as four kindergarten classes graduated. There was a solemn procession in to the tune of "Land of Hope and Glory," there were songs by the... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pastoral

  

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  Posted on 25 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A (Very) Long Time Favorite

  

  I've been trying to adhere to an every other night vegetarian routine--various pastas, beans and rice, all kinds of tasty stuff. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Different Tarot

  

  My older son (an English major) sent me (another English major) these literary Tarot cards for Mother's Day. Instead of Wands, Swords, Cups, and Pentacles. the... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Clematis and Friends

  

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  Posted on 22 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Poppies

  

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  Posted on 20 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Woodshop

  

  The weed pots are from a fallen apple tree. Suzie and Nancy offered John some bits of it and he was pleasantly surprised at how pretty the wood is. (Ladies, we... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Talking About The Tall Woman

  

  THURSDAY, MAY 25, 7-8 PMTalk on The Tall Woman by Vicki Lane, West Asheville Library - 942 Haywood Rd. - Asheville(828)... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Banned in Florida?

  

  Such a beautiful sight! And so many cultures have read a meaning into it--beyond the scientific explanation. The Judeo-Christian traditionsees it as a sign of... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Merry Month of May

  

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  Posted on 16 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Really?

  

  A tiny, featherweight box of spot bandages (needed for a recent dermatological procedure) shipped in a much too big cardboard box--why? Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Birthday Party

  

  There were kids and parents and grandparents and cupcakes and hotdogs and fruit kebabs and veggie kebabs and hula hoops and bubbles and a pinata. And lots of... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Birthday Stuff!

  

  It is not my birthday yet, not till next week, BUT I am having a birthday party today and yesterday there was a package from my fairy godmother and Meema let... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Not a Bit Political

  

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  Posted on 12 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And the Cherry on Top

  

  While I was still basking in the afterglow of E. Jean Carroll's success in civil court, came the news that the serial grifter currently trading under the name... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!

  

  Or rather, since this was a civil court, "Liable! Liable! Liable! as my attorney friend Elaine pointed out. In any event, it was a pleasurable moment, hearing... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Generations

  

  My grandmother Ruby made this dress for me toward the end of the Forties. It was a Halloween costume for kindergarten and my picture was made in it, holding my... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY