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• There is So Much I Would Like to Say . . .

  

  . . . about the state of the world, the state of the country, and the machinations of the current regime to hold on to power no matter what . . . . . . Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• First Corn!

  

  Some of the top tier of corn is beginning to mature, tassels drying to black. The tier below it was planted a couple of weeks later, a strategic decision to... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wordplay and Defenestration

  

  Along with make-believe and play dough and reading books and Highlights magazines, Josie and I do some learning games. We've been doing a lot of 'What letter... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Stubborn Snake

  

  I was giving the greenhouse plants a quick watering when I found myself eye to eye with a young blacksnake enjoying the sun. I always know that there may be a... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This Blessed Land

  

  Even when you know the science behind rainbows, they still feel like a magical blessing. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Milestones-Josie Has Braids and Draws Stuff

  

  I have two braids (and a topknot.) I like braids. My little chair is handy for checking out my top shelf. The other shelves that are higher are where Meema... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Great Smokies Fall Writing Workshops--All Online

  

  Beginning August 27 on Thursdays from 6 to 8:30, I'll be leading a 15 week workshop for writers of creative fiction who have up to sixty pages in need of... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Intimations of Fall and a New Beginning

  

  Not falling leaves, not cooler weather, but something as utterly mundane as putting the yearly inspection sticker on my car suddenly made me think of Getting... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Package for Josie

  

  My aunt Fay sent a package full of stuff for me, Josie! There are kings and queens! There is a little striped house and the roof comes off. Meema says it is a... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What Are You Reading?

  

  These hot days have sucked the will power right out of me. I manage to get down to the garden every other day to pick stuff but that's about it for me. But... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• July Showers and Flowers

  

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  Posted on 30 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Little Sazon

  

  When the head guy of Goya Foods announced his whole-hearted support for 45*, many folks called for a boycott. I've always liked Goya's products but I had to... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Important Work with Color

  

  I like to play with my little color cubes but I have to be careful not to let them fall on the floor because Bobadog will chew them up. He already got a red... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lemon Balm Tincture

  

  I am blessed with Lemon Balm. One plant added to the herb garden years ago and now I have great wodges of it scattered about the place. It's a mint (though not... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This and That

  

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  Posted on 26 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Covid Time

  

  Time runs slowly now Measured by the corn's tassel The sunflower's first bloom And our breath's thankful measure In, out, in, out, and again . . . Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• God's Thumbprint

  

  Heading out to fill the bird feeder a few morning ago, I saw this odd oval cloud and thought at once, "God's thumbprint!" It morphed into something else almost... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Does Art and Some Rearranging

  

  I did some art yesterday. I drew my family. I make big O's and put in eyes and nose and mouth. I used my art supplies and different colors to make pictures for... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Words! The Words!

  

  Apart from a quick trip (early morning, pre-coffee) to the garden to pick tomatoes, cucumbers, and zucchini (those unstoppable squashes) and some time spent... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking East--Morning and Evening

  

  Morning . . . .. . . and evening. . . Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY