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December 2009

Friendship

December 31, 2009
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If you were to read almost any post in Inkwatu, you’d soon discover the word, “friend,” somewhere in the text. Very few of the places described in Inkwatu I discovered myself. Friends shared with me the things and places they liked. In turn, I shared them with you. Family is important, of course, but friends [...]

Vintage Sheet Music Covers

December 28, 2009
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My sister and I were fortunate as kids because our parents were good amateur musicians who, in the days before TV, would often play together as a way to end the evening: our mother on violin, our dad on piano. I have multiple memories of falling asleep on the couch as a child listening to [...]

Peace

December 25, 2009
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Respite

December 22, 2009
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Pass-a-grille Beach, Florida taken on April 16, 2008 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

Who’s your favorite Scrooge?

December 21, 2009
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click for larger image I know, I know: regardless of your specific religion, the winter holidays are all about sweetness and light. BUT…if it weren’t for Charles Dickens’s unforgettable Ebenezer Scrooge, would there be a Grinch? A Scrooge McDuck? Or, Bill Murray’s wonderful character, Frank Cross, in the 1988 film, Scrooged? Could there even be [...]

Adam’s Nursery & Water Gardens

December 12, 2009
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all pictures in this post taken at Adam’s Nursery & Water Gardens multiple waterfalls greet newcomers Who do you call if suddenly you find yourself the owner of a professionally constructed koi pond? That’s the question a friend of mine recently faced after she bought a home in Gulfport, Florida. interconnecting ponds In her new [...]

art lover loving art

December 11, 2009
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Metropolitan Museum, NYC Photoshop “triple exposure” taken on August 25, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

shadows of translucence

December 10, 2009
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Metropolitan Museum, NYC taken on August 25, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

recreating interior space

December 9, 2009
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Metropolitan Museum, NYC taken on August 25, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

everybody’s a critic

December 8, 2009
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Metropolitan Museum, NYC taken on August 25, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

memories of another museum and another time

December 7, 2009
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Metropolitan Museum, NYC taken on August 25, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

St. Petersburg’s Grand Central Chili Cookoff

December 5, 2009
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Last weekend was the St. Petersburg Grand Central Chili Cookoff. This was the third year I’ve attended this event and it’s one I look forward to. It is amazing how varied and how original some of the chili recipes can be. I honestly don’t know how the judges reach a conclusion. I know it would [...]

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