Month: April 2013

J.G. Burdette Scares Spammers Silly

My regular readers know what a hard time I had with spam when I first started. No, not the typical barrage of spam you get from other people – I […]

Travel

Book Review: The Secret Child by Marti Healy

Even in 1855 few humans had choose between living in an enchanted forest with fairies or living with humans, between dwelling in a forested utopia or in a nation about […]

Hobbies

Good Morning World

I do love blogging, and I try to post consistently so that my blogging friends will know I’m alive and keep coming to see me. I recently read a recommended […]

Hobbies

Bellavista

As a native Hoosier, my tendency is to be hospitable. My mother always loved to have company, and it didn’t matter when you came, if she was home, she would […]

Travel

Walking on Ice

I haven’t been reblogging as much as I used to, but this is amazing. Have YOU ever been inside a glacier ice cave? Do you think you ever will be?

Hobbies

Wildflower Photography Class

I’ve been shopping at Mike’s Quality Camera for several years, since I got my digital camera at Costco, and the original lens quit working correctly (after the warranty expired). Unfortunately […]

Hobbies

Weekly Photo Challenge: Up

I enjoy the WordPress challenges. This one, UP, was particularly fun. Up is ubiquitous. As I looked up my photos, “up” took on one meaning after another. Some of my […]

Photo Challenges

Where to Find Color for a Photo Challenge Like an Expert

Weekly Photo Challenge: Color Woodlake Botanical Gardens At the Kiwanis […]

Hobbies

Wordless Wednesday: Purity

Travel

I’ve Been Tagged

Before I start, I want to speak my condolences to those in Boston, and my prayers are with you. As I was digging into Ute‘s blog today I found out […]

Hobbies

Weekly Photo Challenge: Change

I started quilting many years ago, then took about a 35 year break. Over the years the quilting hobby changed drastically. This year I noticed that quilters incorporate much more bling […]

Hobbies

Travel theme: Benches

Today I went with my friend Connie to the Best of the Valley Quilt Show at the McDermont Field House in Lindsay, CA. It was so overwhelming, I decided to […]

Travel

Silent Sunday: My Lips Are Sealed

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Travel

Kiwanis Roundup for Hunger

Can you believe that I could get somewhere – anywhere at 6:15 a.m.?Good, that means you know me pretty well. I got there at 6:25 a.m., complete with camera, but […]

Travel

Need Faith In the Future? Interview Today’s Students

Want more hope? Today I got a major shot of […]

Travel

What Are You Reading?

“What did you read today?” asks my book-reviewing blogging friend, Marcia. That question made me examine my reading habits. What I really love is drivel. Shock! I thought I was […]

Blogging

A Valleycation Date in Kingsburg and Fresno California

Vince and I scheduled today as a valleycation date. I […]

Hobbies

Bravo Lake Is All Filled Up

Sally Pace and I walked around Bravo Lake for the first time together on February 12. It was so empty. I darkened it to show you how sad it looked, […]

Travel

A Glimpse of Woodlake Meandering Through Time

My friend Sally Pace commissioned me to write about the history of Woodlake for the Kiwanis Magazine, maybe 300 words or less. Woodlake, a sleepy town born in 1910 in […]

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