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• Food in the Time of Covid-19 and Blackberry Winter

  

  We've always eaten well and that hasn't changed. But now, the evening meal is even more important-- something to look forward to when not much else is... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mountain Moods-Morning to Evening

  

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  Posted on 12 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• My, How She's Grown

  

  As The Josie approaches her third birthday, I thought I'd take a stroll through the past. My how she's grown and my, how time has flown! Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• To the Mother of Us All

  

  May her children remember her and care for her every day. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Very Belated Appreciation

  

  When Gone Girl came out in 2012 and was greeted with yelps of praise throughout the mystery world and beyond, I was, at that point, overdosed on mystery,... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And These

  

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  Posted on 08 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Best Picnic

  

  Meema and I had a picnic on the deck. There were muffins. But you need lots of stuff for a picnic. I told Meema Wait! I will be right back and I went and got... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Great Reset--Two Scenarios

  

  It's no news that we are a divided nation. But now, even a simple thing like wearing a mask or not has beome a political statement. And several scenarios are... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Glorious May

  

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  Posted on 05 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Plays in the Branch

  

  On Saturday it was warm enough that I could play in the branch! There is a very special place with a waterfall that Daddy made. I get in carefully because the... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Sunday

  

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  Posted on 03 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bubby Bush

  

  The Sweet Shrub is in bloom, its pineappleish scent reminding me to look for it. It grows wild across the road from the pond and the dark maroon flowers are eas... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• May Day

  

  Late Tuesday afternoon was so beautiful and such a perfect temperature that John and I took a chilled bottle of white wine down to the pond to enjoy the... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and Octalia

  

  Hey, it's me Josie. When I came up to Meema and Grumpy's yesterday, what do you think I found? Octalia Octopus, the one my aunt Aileen made for me, was on the... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• An Outage of Cows

  

  Cows will go wandering. A neighbor alerted us that they had come visiting. John went after them but instead of going down the road, as he wanted them to, they... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hilma Af Klint

  

  Yesterday's sunrise, captured somewhat imperfectly, made me think of the strange paintings of Hilma af Klint. (From the Guggenheim Museum's exhibition of her... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

  

  One pleasant consequence of the plague that killed so many deer last year is that we have azaleas blooming again. For the past few years, the deer have done som... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday's Uplifting Message

  

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  Posted on 26 April 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On Line Class

  

  As you may know, my spring writing class moved online a while back. Night before last was our 6 or 7th meeting and I asked the group for a candid assesment of... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cream of Spring Soup

  

  I picked nettles on Tuesday, tamed them with boiling water, and saved them--and the drained off water which I call nettle tea and enjoy hot. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY