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• Josie Sees About Stuff

  

  Guess who! It's me Josie in my rainbow shirt from Aunt Nancy and Uncle Peter. It is sparkly. I started my day by checking out the greenhouse. Meema says a... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Japanese Iris

  

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  Posted on 01 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking at My Corning Ware

  

  As I was putting away the dishes and came to this venerable Coringware casserole, my thoughts went in two directions. First I remembered my Aunt Mildred--one... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Simple Pleasures

  

  Little treasures along our driveway . . . I love the delicate maidenhair fern And this shy mushroom. A nice clump of Blue-Eyed Grass--our smallest wild iris... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Old Dog--New Tricks

  

  I spent much of yesterday getting set up to participate in an upcoming podcast on historical fiction from my publisher. This entailed cleaning up my... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Life in the Bubble

  

  Today will be the first time I've left the farm since back in March--even then, it's just to follow John to the garage (15 minutes away) where he'l leave his... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Holiday

  

  Monday was a holiday and Mama got to stay home! We wore our straw hats and walked up to see Meema and Grumpy. There was a box turtle! Meema said maybe she was... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blue and Pink

  

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  Posted on 26 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blue Marlin by Lee Smith -- Autobiographical Fiction

  

  Many years ago, a good friend put a copy of Lee Smith's Fair and Tender Ladies in my hands and I was hooked. I've read and loved all her books--novels, short... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Praying--Mary Oliver

  

  Praying It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Got to Get Back to the Garden

  

  After our beautiful 2018 garden was wiped out by deer, we didn't plant one in 2019--just pots on the porch. Then a weird disease wiped out most of the deer.... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Appalachian Book of the Dead by Dale Neal

  

  The ancient Tibetan Buddhist text and the ancient mountains of Appalachia and their denizens turn out to be a surprisingly good pairing. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Quel Bummer!

  

  So, the new camera was doing great And I was busily taking pictures of flowers and stuff Getting up early to catch the morning's first light And feeling really... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rain Etc.

  

  Tuesday was full of rain. It swept across the river valley. The Kousa dogwood is in bloom and we are thinking about the garden. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bucatini Al Tonno e Olive

  

  This was really a tasty, surprisingly light, and quickly prepared meal, full of complex and satisfying flavors. Pasta for two or three (I used bucatini but any... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oh, Iris!

  

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  Posted on 18 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Third Birthday Party

  

  When I woke up from my nap, Mama helped me put on a pretty dress and when I went outside, there was a party! Grandma and Apa and Meema and Grumpy and Doug and... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• New Camera! Better Pictures!

  

  About a month ago, my cherished Nikkor 18-200 lens jammed up. Again. Since then I've been using my little pocket Sony which I love for its portability but it's... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Irresistable Bloomers

  

  I've been chained to my laptop, trying to finish up a paid editing job, but I broke away with forty pages yet to go in order to grab a few pictures in the now... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and the Early Birthday

  

  Wednesday was not my birthday. But when I got up to Meema and Grumpy's, my new High Five magazine was there AND there was a birthday card waiting for me from... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY