Monthly Archives: March 2010

The Garden of Good Intentions, Part 2

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Sharon Gerald

I took a day off today. This wasn’t a day when I didn’t go to the office because I had meetings elsewhere. I just didn’t go. I didn’t grade. I didn’t do any part of my job. I took an … Continue reading →

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Spring Roll

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Sharon Gerald

Posted via web from Just Haphazardry This was taken with my phone. It doesn’t count as part of my photography project, but it was my dinner tonight. It’s from that Thai place over on that little road over there behind … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Month is Almost Here

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Sharon Gerald

I love that people all around me go crazy with writing poems every April. Okay, not everyone around me, but the poets do. I can’t follow suit. I tried last year to join the poem-a-day for April festivities. I lasted … Continue reading →

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Moon of Hearts

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Sharon Gerald

Same moon. Different shutter speed. Sometimes in low light photographs come out looking like paintings, especially if your hand shakes. Sometimes moons come out looking like hearts. Beautiful moon out tonight. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook … Continue reading →

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The Garden of Good Intentions

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Sharon Gerald

I should have spent yesterday grading. I mean I really should have. I was mentally recovering from putting on a symposium (along with Sheldon Walcher, Kim Walker, and others) at USM on digital composition. I didn’t feel capable of grading, … Continue reading →

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There's Always One

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Sharon Gerald

There’s always one. No matter if you are a turtle or a duck, one among you is headed his own way, probably without even noticing what the others are up to. It is human nature, they say, and animal nature, … Continue reading →

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Picture This

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Sharon Gerald

I am standing at the kitchen window, camera in hand, watching for Bluebirds a Cardinal perhaps, or a Cedar Waxwing. I am standing like my mother has stood these 70 years, her hands in dish water, soapy with the long … Continue reading →

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Playing with Pictures

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Sharon Gerald

Here’s a writing exercise I created tonight using some of the pictures I’ve been taking lately. I enjoyed playing around with it if nothing else. Note: This version doesn’t look as good as the one on my computer. I had … Continue reading →

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The Business of Spring

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Sharon Gerald

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Five Turtle Bend

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Sharon Gerald

IMG_3582, originally uploaded by Sharon Gerald. On the JCJC campus. I don’t see many people at work in the course of a normal day since my office is something of a cave, and all of my classes are online right … Continue reading →

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