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? The year was 1630. They looked across a swampy bay that seemed somewhat eerie in how quiet it was. They could see their boats in the distance bobbing up and down in…
Month: September 2016
LIKE DRY LEAVES
WEEKLY WORDPRESS PHOTO CHALLENGE | NOSTALGIA | THE DAILY POST I am not as nostalgic about the past as most people. I had a difficult and often unpleasant growing up and it’s hard to put aside the unhappy child to find happy memories…. Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD ON THE LAST DAY OF SEPTEMBER
I can’t believe it’s the end of September. My head is spinning with the swift passage this year from spring through summer … with a trip to nightmare caterpillar attack in the middle. Well, it is here and no way… Read More ›
ROUND AND ROUND – CEE’S B & W PHOTO CHALLENGE
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Circles and Curves From the watch on your wrist to the clock on the tower … from the wheels of your car, to the wheel that spins the thread. Inventing the wheel was one giant… Read More ›
DOUBLE TROUBLE – THURSDAY SPECIAL
Thursday’s Special: Double When you have two black Scottish Terriers that you, yourself have trouble telling apart at a quick glance, double is what you see. The two pups together are more obviously different. Gibbs is bigger, longer, and lower…. Read More ›
THE PROBLEM WITH TRUMP – THE NEW YORKER
One of the more positive side-effects of this awful election has been that I have found myself back in the folds of “The New Yorker.” Not only because they have the best cartoons of any magazine anywhere and only partly because… Read More ›
SWAG-WEAR FOR ALL
Just as self-publishing has redefined authorship for many people, so has the “design-your-own” clothing business changed what we wear. Specialty shirts for teams, schools, and organizations have long been an industry, but in recent years “swag wear” has become ubiquitous. It’s… Read More ›
WATERY WHICH WAYS
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – September 28, 2016 Having spent much of last week by the water in Connecticut, we have a lot of pictures. Pretty much all of them show water. By the dock, in front of the… Read More ›
ON BEING DISAGREEABLE
It’s a real thing and it’s a TV thing. It’s a local thing. It’s international, too. People are rude. Not argumentative and contentious. They are also that, especially in the heat of battle, so to speak. It goes beyond that…. Read More ›
WHEN IN DISGRACE – WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes (Sonnet 29) William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
NATURE’S FIRST GREEN IS GOLD
CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE: LIGHT GREEN Light green is the color of springtime. It’s the color of new leaves, young grass … and my favorite earrings. The Japanese Maple is first tree to show green in the spring, yet is… Read More ›
SLEEPING IN. OR NOT.
It’s raining. Not heavily. Not enough to make up for all the dry months this spring and summer. It’s exactly enough to make the dogs unhappy. Our dogs — Gibbs and Bonnie — and for that matter, almost all the dogs who have gone… Read More ›
DRIZZLY DAY DAWGZ – TUESDAYS OF TEXTURE
TUESDAYS OF TEXTURE | WEEK 40 OF 2016 I just found out about this one, but I’m delighted since I always feel that texture gets too little attention in the photo world (and color gets a bit too much) And, as it… Read More ›
UNFINISHED – SCHUBERT’S 8th SYMPHONY IN B MINOR
This isn’t a great recording, but it was the only one I could find. Everyone seems to know the melody, but finding a good orchestral rendition on the Internet was more of a challenge than I planned. I still love… Read More ›
BLOGGERS AT PLAY
Garry and Marilyn finally — after three or four reschedulings — finally made it to Connecticut to visit Tom and Ellin Curley. Yes, these are real live friends who we have known a very long time. So long that Tom… Read More ›
BRIGHT YELLOW CHRYSANTHEMUM
And as the frosty nights begin, the chrysanthemums are blooming. Bright and yellow. The trees aren’t bright yet, but we still have the mums. Cee’s Flower of the Day | Chrysanthemums
UNWORTHY THOUGHTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT
It’s one of those moments. You can run, but can you escape? From the other side of the bed, you hear a deep, wracking cough. The sound of your mate. He wasn’t feeling well earlier and is now manifesting the signs… Read More ›
THROUGH LAYERS: BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY
Black & White Sunday: Layers This is one of those prompts that I find complicated because it’s so simple. It mean so many things and can be interpreted in many ways. I love Paula’s photograph showing layers of history. Lacking layers… Read More ›
AS SEPTEMBER LEAVES US … CEE’S ODDBALL PHOTO CHALLENGE
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2016 Week 38 Summer’s officially over. The weather is still warm, but not as it was even a few days ago. Night are chilly, days very comfortable. This is the time of year I love best,… Read More ›
FRIENDSHIP 101 by ELLIN CURLEY
I can sum up what I’ve learned over the years about successful relationships in two sentences: Understand the other person’s basic personality and perspective. Accept these qualities, work with or around them, but don’t expect them to change. With friends,… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 