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• Bookplates! Suitable for Personalizing!

  

  Look what's here! A box of bookplates for And the Crows Took Their Eyes, ready to personalize. Many of you who pre-ordered (for which, my fervent thanks) asked... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• New and Improved Website!! And a Cry for Help!

  

  My vastly updated (after nine years and with a new book coming out, it was time) website is online now HERE. The address is the same as the old one--... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Plays with Everything

  

  When we had Family Dinner Up on Saturday, I wanted to see about ALL my stuff because it had been a Very Long Time since I'd been here but then I had to have a... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Winding Down

  

  The season is winding down but my dooryard garden is a happy explosion of pink-- sedum, crepe myrtle, and Japanese anemones along with purple liriope blooms. An... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Morning Glory In--Morning Glory Out

  

  Yes, the window needs to be washed. And it's on my list. But it's a south-facing double pane and has become fogged and only replacement will fix that. Morning... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• At Random

  

  Two weeks without my usual routine of keeping Josie two or three days every week and time was weighing so heavily on my hands that yesterday I found myself... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moon As Drama Queen

  

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  Posted on 04 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Excited! Disappointed...

  

  The watermelon starts Claui gave me have made watermelons! But though this one got the thump test and seemed ripe-- it wasn't. Not quite. Still edible, even... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rapid River Article!

  

  Yay! The first fruit of my efforts toward publicity is here! A two-page spread in Rapid River, a local publication featuring the art and culture of the Ashevill... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Let Me Read You Uns a Birdie Story

  

  The lighting, etc. still needs work but I said I'd do this and now I have! I'm reading The Cutshall Boys and the Florida Grass Widow. It took several tries and... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Sandcastle--Daddy Helped

  

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  Posted on 31 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Return of Josie

  

  Hey, it's me, Josie. Did you wonder where I was? I have been to the beach. It takes a lot of stuff to go to the beach. I am ready for anything, We were on the... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Further Adventures in Zoom

  

  But wait, there's more! Yesterday, with the help of the invaluable administrative assistant, I found the link to the recording of our session so that I could... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Kicking and Screaming (Internally,) into the Zoomosphere

  

  My brain hurts. Last night was the first meeting of my online class via Zoom. Just after lunch I participated in an online session for those of us instructors... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Birdie, Birdie

  

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  Posted on 27 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mountain Moods

  

  After spending too much time staring at the computer screen while working on an essay requested by a local magazine (publicity! Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Saying Goodbye to the Hummer Feeder

  

  I've retired my humming bird feeders after realizing that in hot weather cleaning them every day was going to be necessary to prevent black mold. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Back in the Corn

  

  The second tier of corn is mostly ripe now and I harvested a gracious plenty yesterday. It's a pleasure to sit on the porch and shuck the ears. Most got... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Selling Oneself

  

  As I think I've said before, this is the part I hate--publicity. But needs must. I spent much of yesterday sending off emails to publications and libraries in... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Of Butterflies and Skinks

  

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  Posted on 22 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY