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Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise!
Life continues; a new cycle begins. It’s the shortest day of the year. Imagine our ancestors noting the the diminishing of light and wondering anxiously if the sun would return…and it does! We are...
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Blog Of The Year – one star so far!
Naomi Baltuck of Writing Between the Lines has nominated me for the 2012 Blog of the Year Award! Apparently, this is an award which can be conferred multiple times. I think Naomi has gotten nominated...
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Mensch sighting!
In my post a few days ago, (Oh! The Humanity!) I sent out a plea for examples of admirable human beings as an antidote to the kind of internet sensations who fail to inspire and instead make me...
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I’m 50! Me & Jodie Foster
I’m not a media watcher. I don’t even own a TV, but for some reason, I found myself drawn to Jodie Foster’s acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards this morning. I read the transcript online,...
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Reckoning Love
“What’s in a love letter, anyway?” he asked. I was in a mood. A little pouty and weepy, my inner 4-year-old whining, “I just don’t feel special!” God, why does this keep happening every month? It’s...
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Scholar and Poet Books – Announcing Our E-Bay Store!
Our online store is up and running with over 200 items — finally! Check out the link in my sidebar to visit the site and find out what I’ve been photographing. Our Rocky Horror Picture Show...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime
This week’s challenge is about a universal favorite: FOOD! I grew up in a family that was highly educated about and highly appreciative of food. My family was started in Massachusetts, moved to...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern
This week’s photo challenge theme is Pattern. Visually, this is a very strong subject in photography and has been illustrated in countless dramatic and stunning ways by much more talented artists than...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape
The photo challenge for this week? Escape. So many associations….especially if you like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain. With whom would you plan an escape? I planned one with my...
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Wordless Wednesday: Opera house
Comments allowed and appreciated: no verbal restrictions!
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus
Focus. Concentrate. What is important? Who decides? And what about the other stuff? Again, photography acts as a metaphor for life. How do you get the experience of your own powers of creation?...
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Advent Day #3 – Water
Reblogged from 2 years ago: Handmade, Naturally December 3, 2011 by scillagrace Today I had an opportunity to get into the holiday spirit by doing some arts & crafts with kids at the Nature Center....
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Advent Day #6 – Movement
In the Christian Church calendar, today is the sixth day of Advent and St. Nicholas Day. In my Advent countdown, today is the day to celebrate the gift of Movement. We live on a moving planet....
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Advent Day #8 – Imagination
The countdown of free gifts continues – Imagine! Imagine That! December 8, 2011 by scillagrace Do animals have imagination? Do they think in concepts or toss ideas around? Or is that strictly a human...
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Advent Day #21 – Passion
Don’t Curb Your Enthusiasm December 21, 2011 by scillagrace Happy Winter Solstice, everybody in the Northern Hemisphere! As the sun hits the lowest spot on the southern horizon, it seems to stop in a...
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Around the World in 24 Hours
Milwaukee can be a rather uninspiring place in the dead of winter. Not that the light, feathery, cotton candy snow that piled up overnight wasn’t beautiful. As we walked to the breakfast cafe to meet...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure
Treasure: pirate’s booty, artifacts from an ancient tomb, shiny objects stashed in your nest, things you collect and wrap carefully. I do not think of myself as a materialistic person because I don’t...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Art
“Art is the proper task of life.” — Neitzsche. What is Art? Who gets to define it? Who gets to make it? Do we delegate this activity to those trained and proven in convention or do we allow that...
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100 Thousand Poets for Change
As a core team member of The Bardo Group, I have been invited, encouraged, challenged to participate in the 100 Thousand Poets for Change event. For more information about this event, and to be...
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