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• Josie Makes Pumpkin Bread with a Secret

  

  Look what I made! It is Pumpkin Bread with a Secret.I stirred up the eggs and oil and vanilla and spices and apple sauce.(Meema made the applesauce. She boiled ... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Reading to Josie

  

  Some books that have delighted us recently; all are fun to read and look at. Highly recommended for any 3-5 year old's in your life. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Time is Here

  

  The first snow and the first Christmas cards have arrived and it was time. I spent yesterday stripping off the autumn pillow covers and taking down seasonal... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking Through Branches

  

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  Posted on 05 December 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• After the Snow

  

  It made me so happy to see this little guy sitting on a bench in downtown Marshall and it made me think of the haiku about a one foot waterfall also being... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and Elsa

  

  Do you know who Elsa is? She is in the show "Frozen" and she likes ice and snow. Grumpy brought in a bowl of snow and she jumped in it!Then I did a science... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Quest for Corn Pone

  

  My grandmother Ba's corn pone--crunchy outside, gooey inside, a perfect vehicle for butter when hot--is something I've never had anywhere else and have not... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• First Snow!

  

  Walk barefoot in the first snow for good health in the year. I do so, cautiously, aware of the irony were I to slip and break something. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Holiday Gift Suggestions?

  

  from the Department of Shameless Commerce Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Late Thanksgiving

  

  A different sort of Thanksgiving this year--just us and Justin and Claui and Josie, and we postponed till Saturday so the young uns could spend Thursday with... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And the Mist Comes Rising in the Morning

  

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  Posted on 28 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• We Have a Winner!

  

  Karen Larsen's name was drawn from those who left reviews and I'll be sending her the signed print as soon as she gives me her address.Many thanks to all of... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Gets Ready for Christmas

  

  Meema and I are making Christmas ornaments. There is a tree and two hearts. They are felt, glued on cardboard. Meema did that part. Now it is my job to choose... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Happy (Safe) Thanksgiving

  

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  Posted on 26 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Sense of Calm

  

  "And all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be exceeding well." Julian of NorwichEvery since yesterday morning, when an NPR... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Does Crafts

  

  When I checked on my Castle People yesterday morning, there was a new lady there from Aunt Fay. She is very pretty and she is holding a mirror. Everyone had to... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Reading All Over the Place

  

  My reading has been varied, of late. Which Witch? is a delightfully quirky young person's book. Not a person as young as Josie but I think she'll enjoy it in a... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Navajo Prayer

  

  Walking in Beauty: Closing Prayer from the Navajo Blessing Way CeremonyIn beauty, I walkWith beauty before me, I walkWith beauty behind me, I walkWith beauty... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Light in the Dark

  

  Thursday afternoon John turned off the main breaker so that he could replace the over-the-sink kitchen light that had died. When he completed the task and went... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Moving Story

  

  It was a cold, cold morning. Frost on the windshield.The sun was just peeking over the ridge behind our neighbors' house.It was time to move the cows from a... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY