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• Remember to Breathe

  

  We are being drowned in outrageous actions and proposals, as well as a relentless flood of misinformation. Don't let it get the better of you. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Learning Curve

  

  Between the continuing cold weather and the ongoing bad news issuing from DC, I'm spending large amounts of time working on watercolors and trying to move beyon... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Celestial Image?

  

  Space debris seen from the port hole of a spaceship? Alas, only potato chip debris. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Meltdown

  

  FOTUS, the toddler in the Oval Office is acting out beyond belief. Actually, it's a mix of toddler, wannabe dictator, and senile oldster. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Vicki Paints (but, Unlike Josie, Has No Dreams of Stardom)

  

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  Posted on 24 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Hero for These Times

  

  The brightest spot in the past few dark days has been watching the video of Bishop Mariann Budde at the National Cathedral speaking truth to power and watching... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Paints (but She Really Wants to Play the Guitar and Sing)

  

  We have had LOTS of snow days and Tuesday was another one. It was also a remote learning day, and I was supposed to do six pages in my workbook, but I did them... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Polar Vortex

  

  Cold, cold, cold! I spent Monday with an afghan over my legs, a hot drink at my side-- listening to Persuasion and drawing and painting.The power is still on;... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mourning in America

  

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  Posted on 20 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Reading for the Apocalypse

  

  In trying times, for me there's nothing quite like sinking into Jane Austen's calm, rational world where the greatest worry is whether the heroine will marry th... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More Ordinary Things

  

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  Posted on 18 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Unpleasant News

  

  Neil Gaiman, author of some of my favorite novels, has been very credibly accused of a variety of non-consensual sexual encounters with a number of young... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Etching the Sky

  

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  Posted on 16 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Icy Days

  

  Days of school cancellations or delayed starts. Our driveway is passable with 4WD--the tricky part is getting down to the icy walkway to the car. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Warts and All

  

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  Posted on 14 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In Praise of Beauty

  

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  Posted on 13 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oh, Deer!

  

  John looked up from his computer to see three deer, not twenty feet away on the slope directly behind the house.They were munching on the ground cover--a mix... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More Ordinary Things

  

  Okay, it was childish of me, ten years ago, to buy the Spotted Dick pudding just because of the name. And probably even more childish to have saved the tin.... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Snowy Morning

  

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  Posted on 10 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Wedding Slipper

  

  More painting from objects, not photos. One of my maternal grandmother's wedding slippers. (Yes, I also have her wedding dress. . . Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY