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Vicki Lane Mysteries
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An eclectic mix of photography and thoughts on writing, Appalachia, books, memories, cooking, gardening,country living, pets, and more from the author of the Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 3935 )
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Josie Is Hard at It
Posted on 15 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
I was curious to see how Atwood handled a return to Gilead after so much time, a television series, and a world that is slipping ever nearer to the sanctimoniou... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Hunter's Moon
Posted on 13 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Pigeon Thoughts
Posted on 12 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
"That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth." Tim O'Brien Just as The Overstory told truths about... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Josie's Pet Plant
Posted on 10 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Autumn is Tip-toeing In
Posted on 09 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Waiting for Rain . . .
After several months of no rain, we were promised relief. A cloudy morning made us hopeful. By mid afternoon, the radar showed rain upon us. I could see it... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
The Overstory by Richard Powers
This is a magnificent, important, necessary book. My book-pusher friend Marianna lent it to me and by the time I was halfway through, I realized I would want... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Bugtussle--A Repost from Ten Years Ago
Bugtussle -- there's one in Alabama. Also Oklahoma, Kentucky, Texas, and Tennessee. All small towns. And there were several real bug tussles going on amid the... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Moving Into Fall
With Josie's 'help' yesterday, I began putting away the summer blue and white stuff and bringing out my fall tchotchkes. It doesn't feel like fall but it's... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Feeling Colorless
Nothing that some rain--and 45*'s resignation or implosion wouldn't cure... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Josie and the Terrible Twos
I am Josie. Sometimes I am oppositional. Like when Meema said I was doing a good job using my spoon. So I had to eat the rest of my yogurt with the little end o... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Another Sunrise . . . Another Whistleblower
The Orange Embarrassment's unfitness for office--any public office--has been obvious from long before he began his rise to power. Read more
Posted on 02 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Josie and Another Busy Day
Posted on 01 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Autumn Crocus
Looking forward to the saffron harvest . . . Read more
Posted on 30 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
A Family Heirloom . . . and a Memory
Josie loves her Peter Rabbit quilt. I pulled it out of the linen closet where it's been waiting since her daddy outgrew it. Full disclosure: the above is not... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
What Is It?
Posted on 28 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
In Medias Res
(Latin: in the middle of things) is the literary term for beginning a story by jumping right in to a defining moment that relates to past and future events --... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Public Service Announcement from Josie
Posted on 26 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY