It snowed and was very cold most of the day. Not as cold as yesterday, but still a good day to stay inside. And paint. Now, if there were only something to paint. So, I started drawing random lines and thought that was fun. And slowly, little by little, I added color to the spaces […]
After I completed the Inktober project in October for the first time, I realized that I really liked drawing with ink. Okay, technically, I’m drawing with a pencil and am inking it in afterwards. But still, that’s considered acceptable, according to the people who run Inktober. Early in October, I had started getting the Inktober
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On Sunday, as I was getting ready to watch the National Football League’s divisional game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Buffalo Bills, I was startled when my cell phone suddenly emitted the more terrifying and shrill screech. First I wondered what had attacked the phone. Then I wondered where I put it. Once I
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The winner of the caption contest is Jeanine Byers, with her caption “Sweet Reads, Sweet Treats and Art”! Congratulations, Jeanine. Yesterday, I interviewed the winner of the contest, as Jeanine’s prize was that I would post her caption and tell you some interesting facts about Jeanine.So, first of all, this is Jeanine. She has a
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Today’s photography prompt was “where you live.” And where I live is very snowy and cold, and, apparently, there’s a lake effect snow warning. My phone let me know about it, with a horrifying screech. I thought someone was in terrible peril because, usually, the horrifying screech is used to provide information about an Amber
A few months ago… well, when it wasn’t freezing cold and snowy, I bought a few succulents at Leaf, Stone and Steel, this wonderful plant store in my town. It’s a relatively new store that opened last summer. The store features plants and lots of creative stuff, many of which are plant related and will
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Yesterday, it snowed like crazy, which was something interesting to photograph. My pictures were very hazy. They came across as looking mysterious. Today, the sun shone on all of that snow. So I went out for a bit of a photography tour. I visited a marina and a creek and other places near the Niagara
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It is snowing with great gusto. A good day to stay inside. But that’s not me. I saw it as a photo op, not as a sit inside day. Right. I know. If I’m writing a blog post, I’m obviously inside. Well, I did get my little adventure. First, I looked at the courtyard of
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Today, I am offering you another technique for writing with a prompt. This prompt will include a picture and a few ideas for a first line to be used for a story or a poem. You have complete freedom to choose your genre, but you have to include the first line and refer to the
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I love to use prompts to write a story. I should emphasize that I mostly use prompts to help me overcome the writer’s block that occasionally strikes me. Writer’s block is an irritating thing that results in people losing confidence in their ability to write. But you don’t have to give in to the frustration
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