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• Valentine's Day 2021

  

  Roses are red;43 senators are yellow.Selling their soulsFor a traitorous fellow. I don't know what happened. I'd been following the trial in the Senate off and... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Second Shot -- Next Day

  

  Sore arm and achy all over--but I so often feel achy all over. Then as the day went on, I felt less and less inclined to do anything. That's okay--just means th... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Second Shot!

  

  And oh! the relief! Not that we'll be doing anything differently for fourteen days. But I find myself thinking about maybe a haircut. . . getting my teeth... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Hollow Men

  

  I wish this song were playing non-stop to all those GOP senators who have ignored the compelling videos, the damning tweets and incitements of the former... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pinks and Purples

  

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  Posted on 10 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Has a Sick Baby

  

  Baby Margot is a little sick but I am taking care of her. I am her mommy and I am also a doctor. And a nurse and a princess and a magician.She was crying a lot... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Amaryllis, Snow, Crow, and Repeat

  

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  Posted on 08 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Wisdom of Maximilian I

  

  Continuing my armchair travel (see Friday's post,) I came across this marvelous haiku-like poem attributed to Maximilian I(1459-1519,)Emperor of the Holy Roman... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Non-Political Tweeters

  

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  Posted on 06 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On Foot to Constantinople

  

  One thing leads to another and, as so often happens, one book leads to another. After a recent re-read of Mary Norris's delightful Greek to Me, I took her... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sun and Shadow

  

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  Posted on 04 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Nostalgia On a Snowy Morning

  

  When I awake to a scene like this, my first impulse is to burrow back under the comforter and wait for spring. But I lured myself out of bed by thinking of the... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More from the Dept. of Blatant Self Promotion . . .

  

  I'm delighted with the kind and thoughtful reviews many of you have posted for Crows-- heartfelt thanks for doing this! I dislike asking but, in this time of... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On the Overuse of Exclamation Points!!!!!!!

  

  More snow but it doesn't matter to me-- I'm chained to the laptop trying to finish up a paid job editing a novel before plunging into the weekly critiques for m... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The LIttle Amaryllis That Could

  

  Since before Christmas, these two bulbs have been blooming mightily. Three stems have come and gone, one with an unusual six flowers instead of the usual four.... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and Hamsie Get Ready for Broadway

  

  .Hamsie and I are singing together in a video. You can see it HereAnd, I am dressing Hamsie up with a diamond star and a cape.(The cape is really my napkin but... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• If You Don't Like the Weather. . .

  

  We went from a balmy near sixty a few days ago . . .to a light snow and a day in the low thirties.Fickle, fickle weather. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Waltz Me to the End of Time --repost

  

  That? That piece of sheet music came from Miss Annie's house. After she passed away back in '65, the property went to a nephew who lived in Alabama. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bernie at the Barnard Bridge

  

  I don't know whom to credit for the picture or the photoshop but I love it. This is the old brick building across the bridge where old guys often hang out. I... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking Ahead

  

  Spring. . .garden . . .maybe a haircut . . . (vaccinated)friends to dinner . . .We won't be having our usual Easter party--can't trust that it would be safe --... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY