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It’s Not Black and White

Bymichelle January 27, 2011July 27, 2022

I remember bringing photography books from the college library home to my rented room and spending the afternoon leafing through them.   I know that I’m just one of millions who’s…

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animals | books | photography

Channeling Old Possum

Bymichelle December 25, 2010July 27, 2022

365 Day 349I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots; Her equal would be hard to find, she likes the warm and sunny spots. All day she…

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books | cheap stuff | craft | photography

Blue Eggs with Breakfast

Bymichelle December 11, 2010July 27, 2022

I’ve hijacked the kitchen table all week for making jewelry as Christmas gifts.  Somehow we’ve been eating breakfast around this mess, passing the milk over boxes of hemp and wire….

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books | knitting | linkage | music | photography | thinking out loud

My Winter Catalog Moment

Bymichelle November 11, 2010July 27, 2022

I’m pretty grounded, but once in a while I get wistful like a child and draw up a long, impossible Christmas list in my head because it’s winter and that’s…

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books | Christianity | garden | knitting | parenting | photography | thinking out loud

A Few More Days

Bymichelle November 3, 2010July 27, 2022

Don’t have much to accompany these photos- I think October fried my brain.   When I wasn’t posing in front of a dirty window or over a dirty river, I…

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books | shows | thinking out loud

Evening Rituals

Bymichelle September 22, 2010July 27, 2022

We go through phases:  brownies and Battlestar (before it was laughable,) or chips,salsa, and The Closer.   Sometimes we just finish our day, all of us, reading on my bed….

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books | cheap stuff | photography | shows | thinking out loud | ttv photo

“…You’ve seen Star wars 47 Times. You do the math”

Bymichelle August 11, 2010July 27, 2022

-Neil Schweiber, Freaks and Geeks But I think I’ve seen it more than 47. (365 Day 216 Dig the Star Puffs) For fun, I did a search on the top…

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books | cheap stuff | new to me | photography | running

Ticking Time Bombs

Bymichelle July 17, 2010July 27, 2022

I always hated track, but loved to run. After running every day in track (yuck) I’d come home and sometimes run some more. Some Saturdays I’d run to a pick…

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books | photography | thinking out loud

Summer Resolutions

Bymichelle May 20, 2010July 27, 2022

(Old Friends, 365 Day 135 Photo) Here’s some old friends. They’re the kind of friends you know well and can stare you down and hold you accountable. I keep saying…

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books | Christianity | homemaking | thinking out loud

An Uncomfortable Look Inside

Bymichelle February 10, 2010July 27, 2022

(Photo from Day 28 of 365) Recently finished a very challenging, controversial book that has me thinking about the way I talk to my husband. I have, not so fondly,…

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