Today, I’m sharing recent photographs of wintry scenes. I have always struggled with winter because I don’t like being cold. At the same time, I recognize the beauty of winter. The bare branches show off the amazing detail of the tree. They show off how complicated the tree’s form really is. As an aspiring visual […]
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Today’s prompt has me giving advice about a topic that I have a lot of knowledge about. Today, that advice will be about defeating writer’s block… or, at the very least, pushing writer’s block aside. It may come back, but not yet. One of the reasons that people have writer’s block is the fear that
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When I was a kid, one thing that I believed was that I would never be a bird watcher. I couldn’t think of anything that was a bigger waste of time than walking around and looking at birds, who flew away as soon as you pointed them out. I was very determined to ensure that
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After Bearnacle returned from his magic adventure that took him beyond the stars, he began learning how to build boats. His dream was to be the captain of a great sailing ship, but the bears had no such boats. Only the humans had those large ships with many sails. When Bearnacle was a cub, his
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Today, the prompt was for me to talk about how I got started doing what I do. Well, actually, I became a photographer by accident. When I was in journalism school, I was not interested in photography. That wasn’t because I didn’t want to take pictures. It was because I thought that carrying around heavy
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Today is the start of a new year and a new Ultimate Blogging Challenge. I do four of these challenges a year, and many of my blog posts are all about photography. This blog post is about the fun of using an app to manipulate photographs. It’s an enjoyable wintertime activity, especially when the weather
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Last week, I went to a place called Rustic Buffalo. It’s a bunch of shops in a group of buildings in Sanborn, New York. It specializes in fun Buffalo-themed stuff, with some other things thrown in for the sheer joy of it all. A few of the things that I saw looked like they belonged
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Part four from last time: Wolf walked on. Just then, he got very hungry. He wondered if he would feel hungry while sleeping. Abruptly, he woke up. He walked into the kitchen, where his mother was weeping over an onion. Or maybe something else??? prompts: skeletal, lesson, vacant, award “I had a nightmare last night,”
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Several days ago, I asked for questions, and I got one, from Safrianna. She asked: “I’d love to ask you about the name of your blog/website and what inspired it! I, too, am drawn to the sun, moon, and stars. “ The smiley face wasn’t as large in the original question, but, when I copied and
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What creative ideas people have! This vendor fair at Leaf, Stone, and Steel in Grand Island was a great way for people to share their creativity and make some money while doing so. Here are pictures of some of the things that people made or cooked or grew. I hope that you enjoy this Wordless
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