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Last “Photo of the Month”

December 25, 2013

When I posted Photo of the Month #1 almost two years ago, I had every intention of showcasing one of my photos each month. It hasn’t turned out quite that…

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Photo of the Month #2

February 22, 2012

This month’s photo, like last month’s, was taken in Nova Scotia – this time on the beach at the Kejimkukik Seaside Adjunct. We’ve taken our Seaside Writing Workshop Retreat participants…

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Photo of the Month #4

April 25, 2012

There’s a bit of a disconnect between the mood in this photo and the mood I’m anticipating at the Hackmatack celebrations in Moncton this week, when hundreds of kids from…

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Kathy Stinson and her father

Photo of the Month #9

November 28, 2012

…post a photo of me taken during that period of my life. Here I am with my dad. I blogged about him in the month of his birthday last year….

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Photo of the Month #5

May 30, 2012

A ten-minute walk from my home, I can enjoy this lovely view. Well, not quite. Since this photo was taken two years ago, a metal barrier of sorts has been…

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Photo of the Month #7

July 18, 2012

Is there anything more lovely than a summer sunset over a lake? This photo was taken looking out over Lake Huron on the way to the cottage in 2008. How…

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Photo of the Month #11

April 10, 2013

…inspired questions. Who? What? Where? And the best one: Why? What would I have written if she’d given us this photo (which she couldn’t have because I shot it just…

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Photo of the Month #1

January 18, 2012

…you some sense of a sight that has given me pleasure – and I hope it will give you pleasure, too. For this wintry month (albeit not as wintry as…

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Photo of the Month #10

February 20, 2013

It’s easy to love the colours of a Caribbean sea, captured during my first ever vacation to a warm place last month. But there’s beauty to be found in the

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Photo of the Month #3

March 28, 2012

Of all the photos I shot during a spring river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest a few years ago, my favourites fell into the category of “Doors & Windows”. This…

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Photo of the Month #6

June 27, 2012

I love the colours in this hammock. I love reading in it, too. But although we’re coming into our fourth summer in our current home, we haven’t yet found a…

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Photo of the Month #8

August 22, 2012

This is my mother dancing with my father in 1974. It’s one of my favourite pictures of her. Sadly my mother passed away in 1996 with COPD, the same condition…

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Photo of the Month #12

July 17, 2013

I sometimes get teased because I like taking pictures of my food. Like this spinach salad full of strawberries, blueberries, and toasted almonds. What makes this salad special is that…

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Photo Walking

November 25, 2020

…was in her head to focus on. A while later, she texted me a photo of sunlight shining through some trees. She said, “Not the most remarkable photo (it was…

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"Lead with your heart"

May 4, 2011

…my heart’ more often in my writing life, too. Last month I decided to drop the point of view of one of the characters in my novel-in-progress. For a long…

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Have you met any other authors?

October 26, 2011

I sure have! Click to enlarge Most of the people in the photo here are authors. A few are illustrators. How many can you identify? Can you find me in…

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“An Intimate Examination of Sock Fluff” Part 11

October 3, 2012

…to the month, one half of my life since my first book was accepted for publication, and my second. That’s right. Since January 1982, I have lived for exactly the

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More Making Pictures with JoyfullyGreen.com

October 12, 2016

So, I thought I’d taken a pretty cool photo of a clam shell on the beach this summer and posted it for the assignment on symmetry in the class I’d…

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A Successful Retreat and One Happy Writer

June 7, 2017

…a short walk in the neighbourhood where I spent most of my hours holed up in “my” lovely little studio apartment. That’s where I made the recent photo on my…

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Kathy Stinson, author's workspace

Another Peek at Where I Write

June 22, 2022

Last month I told you about my desk and the wall beside it. The wall behind my desk tells more stories about my life as a writer. The Painting For…

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Kathy Stinson making a toast to Anne Dagg

Close But No Cigar

October 7, 2022

Ever wonder where the expression “Close but no cigar” originated? I had two occasions last month to wonder. This is what I learned. Back in the late 19th and early…

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