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A few more thoughts about Sam Abell’s workshop

If we are lucky, we get to experience an event that stays with us and molds us for the rest of our lives. I have had many blessings of this nature, but this last week reminded me of the importance of that initial experience. In the late fall of 2005, I had the good...

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unbearably sweet

unbearably sweet

I'm away from home again so my thoughts often fly there. This blog is often introspective and therefore personal, but I rarely mention family in a direct way. This post is different.  My niece, Jessica, has created a new business: Baby Cakes Creates.  (Everyone in my...

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Abundance

Abundance

The trip to Portugal and Spain was one of abundance. Everywhere I turned was a feast for all the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Although I no longer like this word, it was dizzying. But the strongest feeling I got was one of connection. Of course I am...

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more fun with flypaper textures!

more fun with flypaper textures!

I stole a few moments today from a mountain of tasks to create a few textured images. Of course I used my favorite Fly Paper Textures (Hint....click the button!) and here are the results. I used some favorite textures from the original three....and a new one from...

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Feeling like myself…photographically

I spent a long day on Monday running over the Brasilian countryside to try to make up for the days lost during my illness. Here are four images that I like very much. Hope you will too. What appeals to me is the quality of the light in each one. It's amazing what a...

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Magic and artistry

The best feeling in the world for me is one of vibration and excitement when experiencing authentic artistry. This trip has been filled with those moments. Equestrian artistry was certainly the theme for the trip but today I had the pleasure to visit two lovely women...

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Photos from Brasil!

It's just the beginning, but here are some photographs from the trip. I've got a few more days to continue to create images so I'll post another gallery very soon. The trip has been truly wonderful. That's the thing about traveling....the unknown can often bring joy...

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A spinning globe

First, an apology to my regular readers.  I've been blogged down. I am in Brasil and feeling upside down and spinning all around.  Yes, the globe does this, but normally we don't feel it. But I've been feeling every bit of it with something called labyrinthetie (in...

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Compassion = Understanding?

Compassion = Understanding?

Magnum photographer Eve Arnold from her book Retrospect: “If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it’s already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.” For a very long time I have wanted...

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Middleton Place, a national treasure

It's been a very busy time, and one marked by illness as well, so the blog has been neglected. Sorely. Here are images from a working trip to Florida, with a stop at one of my favorite gardens in South Carolina: Middleton Place. Prior to leaving West Virginia (it was...

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Spring on my mind

Spring on my mind

Generally, I prefer to stay "in the moment". But looking through my photos and finding this wild plum branch in full bloom has me looking ahead to spring. Yes, I have textured the image (with two of my favorite textures from Fly Paper...hint....see button at right!)...

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