Category Archives: Images

Gifted Corn

You remember this corn shock, yes?  The one I bought from Bro. Carter out on 6th South?  He always makes sure he’s got at least one purple corn stalk in each one of these bunches, and I love that about … Continue reading

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Naked Truth

Yeah.  Maybe not so temporary an insanity.  I present to you (druuuuuum rooooolll) my future.  It can only get worse from here. You know how I said that I wasn’t going to show you the rest of me when I … Continue reading

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Me: makey-makey

I am no artist.  I am a slap-dash scrap quilter.  My craft is only good enough to make reasonably sure that what I produce holds together, at least till somebody tries to actually use it.  Maybe. This is actually my … Continue reading

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Treasure Gathering

One of my more profound failures as a female concerns shopping: I don’t like it.  Put me in a mall and I mostly want to go home.  Especially if it’s pants we’re shopping for.  I tend to  buy my clothes … Continue reading

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Animal Husbandry

There are times, as you go around owning animals, when you end up with a sick horse. This is a sick horse.  Jedda is recovering here from “pigeon fever,” named not because you get it from pigeons but because when you … Continue reading

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Lake Drive

            When I first started writing the essays I used to send out to friends and fam through email, what I was sending was a sort of one sided conversation.  Before that, I was writing personal … Continue reading

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~Dog tired~

Notice the dog ears up there, flopping in the wind on either side of the title?  HA. Here’s the rest of the story: On this bright Autumn day (she said, sneaking in a few more autumn pictures)   There is … Continue reading

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Addicted to color

           Ours is a working class neighborhood.  Nothing special.  Nothing to write home about – unless you’re making a study concerning the utter paucity of architectural aesthetic involved in tract-house design during the late nineteen seventies. … Continue reading

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Double-dog 4

I am afraid I am wearing out my welcome here with these puppy pictures.  The problem is, we keep visiting them, and they keep being so dang cute, and there you are.  I will try not to be so verbose … Continue reading

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Double-dog 3

I am a very well behaved  neighbor, and I will tell you why I say this.  I just ran across the street to see if I could raise Michelle, who I never can raise, unless she is actually outside with … Continue reading

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