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LATEST ARTICLES ( 4510 )

• 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

• 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