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Tarantulas: Those Scary Creeping Things
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Remembering Ellsworth & Lamoine, Maine
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Traveling on a Greyhound Bus with Children
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Dreamy Relationships Photographed
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS DREAMY RELATIONSHIPS CAPTURED IN PHOTOGRAPHS Reach for your dreams… The WordPress weekly photo challenge for October 10, 2014, is dreamy. Below are photos of dreamy...
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Dreamy Scenery Photographed
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS DREAMY SCENERY CAPTURED IN PHOTOGRAPHS Note: Also see Dreamy Relationships Photographed The WordPress weekly photo challenge for October 10, 2014, is dreamy Pictured above: Sun...
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Angel Rescues Traveler in Massachusetts
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS ANGEL RESCUES TRAVELER IN MASSACHUSETTS A Night Time Ride to Safety Along a Circuitous Path as Angel Rescues Traveler in Massachusetts (A Devotion) SCRIPTURE: Genesis 40:23, 41:9...
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Finite Creatures We Are
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS FINITE CREATURES WE ARE Cemetery in East Lamoine, Maine I’m eyeing the stone of Louis and Mary Googins des Isles, circa 1794-1825 Interesting this WordPress prompt, finite...
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11 Unique Facts About New England Lighthouses
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Tie the Thread on My Finger
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS TIE THE THREAD ON MY FINGER! Remind Me SCRIPTURE: Genesis 41:9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharoah, “Today I am reminded of my shortcomings….” (NI) DISCUSSION: Finally,...
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Keeping One Colored Object in a Black & White World
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More Minimalist Photographs
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS MORE MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHS In April 2014 I attended a Westmoreland Photography Society (Pennsylvania) meeting. The topic for the night’s photo critique was Minimalist...
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“The Other Day…Welcoming an Adopted Child”
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS “THE OTHER DAY…WELCOMING AN ADOPTED CHILD” THE REV. MONTE W. HOLLAND, COLLABORATIVE WRITER 1300th POST ON CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS (Sign up for a subscription today —>) NOTE:...
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11 Unique Facts About Turkeys
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS 11 UNIQUE FACTS ABOUT TURKEYS Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Its traditional dinner is centered around turkey. How well do you know about turkey? Or the wild turkey,...
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My Sister & I: Like Oil and Water
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS MY SISTER AND I: LIKE OIL AND WATER Lee Carolyn If we had met as teenagers or later in life I doubt we’d have the strong relationship we have today. After all, my older sister...
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My Writing Achievement Photographed
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS MY WRITING ACHIEVEMENT: FLIGHT OF VALOR— PHOTOGRAPHED The November 14, 2014, WordPress photo challenge is challenge/achievement: show us a photo that says “achievement” to you....
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11 Unique Facts About Thanksgiving
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS 11 UNIQUE FACTS ABOUT THANKSGIVING CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS “The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who,...
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International Friends Share Our Life Journey — Part 1
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS SHARE OUR LIFE JOURNEY Part 1 The following piece was written between July 1985 and summer 1988. It has been updated from then to include relationships to...
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Photographing Angular: wp photo challenge 11/21/2014
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS PHOTOGRAPHING ANGULAR The November 21, 2014, WordPress photo challenge is angular: show us what “angular” means to you. Unfortunately, the best photograph I found is an archive...
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Reports from Storm “Knife” in Buffalo, New York
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS REPORTS FROM STORM “KNIFE” IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK November 17 to November 21, 2014 Photo by Kirsten In 1977 my sister Lee was driving in Alden, New York, when the Blizzard of 1977...
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Give Thanks for the Ordinary
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS GIVE THANKS FOR THE ORDINARY When the extraordinary becomes ordinary and the ordinary evolves into entitlement the need for giving thanks dissipates. When I first visited Kentuck...
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