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• Caring

  

  Following Sandy Parshall's suggestion, I have put sugar water and a halved tangerine in the greenhouse near the butterfly.As of Saturday afternoon, it was... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Unseasonal Sad Surprise

  

  Yesterday morning I was surprised to see a beautiful, just-hatched swallowtail butterfly clinging to a decorative piece of bittersweet vine in one of my orchids. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moist

  

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  Posted on 09 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pasta Bob

  

  This is what my friend Pepper Cory calls 'scrap cooking.' I need to go to the grocery tomorrow so this is what one does with some not very good winter... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!

  

  I can't resist a small cry of joy at the news that the Trump Organization has been found guilty of criminal tax fraud. May this be just the beginning of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Back at the Library

  

  Monday it was cold and rainy, but Meema picked me up from school and we went to the library! The big bunnies at the library were dressed like people and I... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Never Let Me Go

  

  I am seriously late to this fine and disturbing book, published in 2005, just when I was writing under deadline and not reading anything new. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Let There Be Lights!

  

  We don't rush into Christmas. But once it's December, I put away the Autumn decor and bring out the red and green. And the lights! Yesterday was so dark and... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Univeral Auto-Correct

  

  Once the entire populace had been chipped, installing UAC (Universal AutoCorrect) was possible. Of course, there were fierce debates—the utility of social... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Red Sky at Morning

  

  Not a day for sailing . . . Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rabbit, Rabbit

  

  What in the world is Sol Invictus? Wikipedia has answers HERE. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Every Other Night

  

  For some time now we've been going meatless every other night--for several reasons--health, environmental concerns, and, not least of all, economy. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Day

  

  Early morning--heavy clouds--not very promising...But there, over yon, there's some sunshine.As the day goes on, the sun has asserted itself, the sky is Carolin... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Game's Afoot

  

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  Posted on 28 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Braiding Sweetgrass

  

  I'd been hearing about this book for some while, but you know how it is--so many books, so little time. Then a friend came to visit and put the book in my hands... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Beware Hackers

  

  I received an email from PayPal regarding suspicious activity with my account. Someone was requesting a considerable amount. There was a phone number to call... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  With grateful thanks for Mother Earth's bounty. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Re-Arranging Perceptions

  

  There was a small kerfuffle on a Facebook group I follow. Someone wondered why in the world people would use paper plates for a Thanksgiving feast and, rather... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blooming at My Window

  

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  Posted on 22 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cookbooks Worth Reading

  

  A visiting friend and I got to talking about cooking and cookbooks. I showed him my latest darling--a Gullah-Geechee cookbook that, aside from tempting... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY