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Another Wish for a Happy New Year I ushered the New Year in by hauling several plastic containers of collectible ephemera into the library, with the goal of bringing order back to my disheveled life, in the new house. As I started to go through the first container, I ran across a slew...
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Snowy Branches Right after a snow storm, there is a beauty, which even a sun lover, like me, cannot deny. These snow laden branches are stark, but lovely. A world defined by black and white, but covered in grey. There is an arresting silence, after a snow storm. Sleeping beauty.
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Shelter It is crooked and not at all attractive dull in color and design built by that not so kind man who was proud of his creation because he was able to pick who may come to feast I had thoughts of tearing it down replacing it with a work of art or...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Farm House at the Entrance of the Wood by Rosa Bonheur I am not normally drawn to landscapes without people or at the very least animals, but this painting pulled me in,...
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A Pioneer Woman with Plow I fell instantly in love with her! Driving down the highway in Wyoming, this immense sculpture caught my eye, and demanded that I pull over to take a closer look. I could not find the name of the artist or of the subject, but it was truly...
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A Very Happy Family For about a week, we stayed at a hotel in Jacksonville, Florida, where every morning and evening we witnessed this happy family of geese going about their lives. It was so delightful to see others stopping to snap a few pictures and marvel at the beauty of nature, without anyone...
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I Hope You Had a Merry Christmas Christmas is normally my favorite holiday; and a time of year when I shift into automatic gear. This year, automatic gear did not work. For the previous ten to twelve years, this time of year meant a trip north, for Thanksgiving, with stops along the way,...
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An Exacting Price I started my day with a walk around the woods, after a light dusting of snow; I photographed animal tracks and guessed that we had been visited by deer, squirrels, raccoons, and perhaps a few bunnies, but I am merely guessing. I stopped at Joan Hayden’s table and benches, and...
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Happy New Year! Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday! Happy New Year! Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday! What are we celebrating today? A beginning or an end? Is there a difference? Does it matter? Are we just marking time, between yesterday and today, and somehow hopping that it matters? Happy New Year! Merry Christmas!...
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Red Chili Sauce This sauce is the base for everything wonderful, in terms of Mexican food, or at least for a lot wonderful, in terms of Mexican food. After the people, what I miss most about California is the great Mexican food. When we lived there, I rarely made Mexican food, as...
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