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Month: July 2008

To Trace a Line of Delicate Green

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Writing Nag — 2 Comments ↓

I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that nobody could share or conceive of who had never taken part in the process of Continue reading To Trace a Line of Delicate Green→

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Teddy Bear Sunflower

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Writing Nag — 1 Comment ↓

Thanks to Kelly for letting me know that “puffy sunflower” is really a variety called Teddy Bear. Check out her food blog, I could get lost there for hours. I’m just waiting to get some local Palisade peaches to make Continue reading Teddy Bear Sunflower→

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Puffy Sunflower

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Writing Nag — 2 Comments ↓

I don’t know the name of this variety of sunflower, I just call it puffy sunflower. I can see it from my office window every morning.

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1000 Beautiful Things

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” Ashley Smith I Continue reading 1000 Beautiful Things→

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Far Away In The Sunshine…

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.— Louisa May Alcott Lovingly,The Writing Nag

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Even the Woodpecker

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

“Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts” Coleman Cox When we moved into our house 9 years ago I would be the Continue reading Even the Woodpecker→

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Feel Blocked…Don’t Write, Create

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Writing Nag — 3 Comments ↓

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward Beecher One of the biggest lessons I learned my first semester is that by using other mediums to create I would Continue reading Feel Blocked…Don’t Write, Create→

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The 2 Most Engaging Powers of an Author

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. ~Samuel Johnson

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Mad With Joy

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Writing Nag — 4 Comments ↓

Cocoa contemplating watering the garden before another 90 degree plus day. People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. ~Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat

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Summer Kitchen Collage

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

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