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• Josie and the Case of the Missing Crystal

  

  When I went to check on my king and queen and fairies, there was a note in the corner cupboard. Meema helped me read it. I had to find the Magic Crystal by... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Enola Holmes

  

  This Netflix offering was good fun. It's undoubtedly aimed at a teen age audience but since I spend about a third of my waking time playing with a three year... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Grateful for Small Pleasures

  

  The zinnias continue to dazzle and delight. But my big excitement was discovering beans on the vines that the deer had worked over quite thoroughly a month ago. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Changes Afoot?

  

  The old brick store building at the bridge has always intrigued me. It's been empty and increasingly derelict in the forty some years we've been here. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Aspirational Vs. Actual

  

  My writing class has been sharing lists of books they recommend and I am humbled. I've read some of them, heard of others, and am clueless regards many. And... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Red Sky at Morning

  

  Around seven, a half an hour before sunrise, there was just this faint smudge in the sky . . .A few minutes later it had ripened to an amazing fiery sight . .... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Whatever Gets You Through (and Sometimes That's Josie)

  

  Recently I read somewhere about the six month sag-- that many who've been holding out well during this crisis are now experiencing difficulty in maintaining an... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Autumnal Equinox--A Fine Balance

  

  In this unbalanced timeIt's good to see the sun riseDue east as it should.Halfway from summer,Hanging in the year's balance,Halfway to winter... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Disappointed! But Here's a Reading on YouTube

  

  Well.After posting about how well the Zooming was going, I had to bow out of the virtual reading at Malaprop's yesterday because my internet connection went... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg--A Light for the Ages

  

  We won't go back, Ruth. Your light has shown the way and those who champion equality will follow.Thank you for your life-long dedication to this noble battle.... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Voting 2020

  

  I've always loved the Norman Rockwell aspect of voting--gathering with my neighbors to cast our ballots. Even in recent years when I've taken advantage of... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Zooming Away . . .

  

  Every semester Great Smokies Writing Program does an event called Writers at Home with readings by current faculty members at Asheville's wonderful bookstore... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Here and There

  

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  Posted on 17 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In Louise's Garden

  

  Yesterday we drove out to Shelton Laurel for a socially distanced outdoor lunch with Drew and Louise. Louise told me to be sure to bring my camera to document... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Wonders Where the Time Goes

  

  Of course yesterday was busy. I have so much to do that Meema couldn't take pictures of everything. But after we did some coloring and writing (I made a very... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Easiest Ever Fish Pie

  

  I've long been a fan of shepherd's pie or cottage pie. I enlarged my repertoire to include fish pie, made with wine poached fish, leeks, and mushrooms in a... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Grateful For . . .

  

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  Posted on 13 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Best Laid Plans . . .

  

  A few fall clothes catalogs arrived and I flipped through them because, since childhood I've been programmed to think "New season! New clothes? Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Nine Eleven

  

  When our country was attacked from without, planes flying into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon . . . it was terrifying. But the American people came together.... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Flowers Still Bloom

  

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  Posted on 10 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY