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• Josie Spends the Day

  

  There was no school on Friday, so I spent the day with Meema and Grumpy. After pancakes we went upstairs to my office. Meema did some ironing and I read to... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Veterans Day

  

  A hats off to all who've served our country in the Armed Forces. May our country do better by the many who are homeless and/or suffering from disabilities... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Coulda Been Worse

  

  Feeling, if not joyful, at least relieved. Locally our current (D) sheriff was re-elected over the candidate (R) who used a hammer as a prop. The school board... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fifty-Nine Years-- A Re-post with Update

  

  November 9, 1963Fifty-nine years!?! Where does the time go?John's grandfather (with whom I am exchanging an air kiss here) and his wife had just celebrated thei... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Vote!!!

  

  Every race is important--from school board to Congress. And our future will be shaped, for better or worse, by the outcome. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Another Snippet

  

  Another quote from Robertson Davies that caught my attention:“One of my favorite cultural fossils,” said he, “is the garden gnome. You have observed them? Very... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Makes a Potion

  

  .This is me on Saturday. I am collecting berries for a potion.Friday after school was when I got the idea to make a potion. I took the lights out of one of the... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Going...Going...

  

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  Posted on 05 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Esmeralda and the Brown Brachet--Chapter 3

  

  Chapter 3 (Chapters 1 and 2 are here earlier on the blog. Key word- Esmeralda) Over bramble infested hills, through soggy, boggy valleys, with the occasional... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Snippet

  

  “Oh, this overbred passion for quiet! Totally unnatural. We are usually begotten with a certain amount of noise. and For our first nine months we are carried... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Kittehs

  

  Sweet Bast! Here she comes again.Just ignore her, Cory. I refuse to give her the satisfaction of disappearing under the big bed as usual. Besides, I'm very... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie Everlasting

  

  The little house was all but empty now. Odds and ends had been distributed to friends—Elizabeth had been speechless when Dor’thy had handed her Birdie’s... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sneak Preview

  

  Friday was Halloween costume day at school and Josie was a Witch Kitty. She and her mama made a song which she sang for me. Witch, kitty, witch kitty, witch... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Please, Make It Stop

  

  For several days now I've been dealing with a muscle spasm in my back--not too bad during the day but utterly hellish at night. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Going, Going . . .

  

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  Posted on 27 October 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie, the Stay At Home Scholar

  

  I had a cold on Saturday and Sunday and Mommy and I had to miss Grumpy's birthday dinner. On Monday my nose was still runny, so I got to spend the day with... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Thai-ish Pumpkin Soup

  

  Marked free of pumpkin spice. A creamy, delicious soup that I served with rosemary focaccia and a salad of kale and spinach and chard, topped with pear,... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Answers

  

  Since at least two of you have been waiting with bated breath, here are the answers to yesterday's puzzler.A Korean from the hill country, known as Highland... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Birthday Puzzles

  

  Yikes! I put off posting for Sunday till I was already awash in bubbly and chocolate cake. Today is John's 80th birthday (OMG) and we celebrated last night... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fleeting Fall

  

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  Posted on 22 October 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY