Straw Houses

The Real Josie Soho

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View From The Summit of Mount Holyoke

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Welcome To The Conch Republic

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Howl

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Wizard Sleeping

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Walking In The Woods With Karma

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eleven

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July - Water Lily

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Holyoke Range From The Fair

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gigi

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The Marginal Way

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Tin Man of Goshen

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The Adirondacks from The Shelburne Museum

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Facebook | Josie Soho: Nacre

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Facebook | Josie Soho: Nacre: "wrote"

My First Last Day

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Berlin 2008

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Mime Mallory Square Key West

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Those Who

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Peek a Boo

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Dreary, snowy day...

Day Dreaming

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☮embrace

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When I Answer

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© josie soho ® 2010

While working out at the gym yesterday I had an idea to go to Brattleboro. A thought that wouldn't leave me alone. I needed a new phone. Another modern one has given up the ghost. Thought I'd stop off at Radio Shack or something on the way home. When I spotted this one at Twice Upon A Time I decided that was no longer imperative. The spoons were an impulse buy. Nickel silver and enamel. So pretty and inexpensive I couldn't pass them up. Chrysanthemum's my birth flower.

Unknown Woman

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© josie soho ® 2010

She saw me through the window idly taking pictures of my own hands. I hadn't noticed her there till she tapped on the glass to show me her nails. I took a picture of her hands and then captured her smile.

Holyoke 2008

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Chez Albert

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Dye Works Worcester MA

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Ward 3

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Roadblock

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© josie soho ® 2010

March of The Dead
March 21 2009

I had planned to enter this in the Sony World Photography Awards for 2009. I procrastinated on my entry and wasn't able to make the submisssion deadline.

The 2011 competition opens on June 1, 2010.

I resolve to make an entry this year. Far in advance of the deadline.

Place of Peace

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See You In The New Year

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With best wishes for the happiest of New Year's tonight as we exit 2009 and enter 2010.

oxo josie

Nine Degrees This Morning

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At The Studio

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Room 2331

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Open House 2009 josie soho®

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josie soho ®

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Open Studio

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Annual open studio

221 Pine St Suite 226
Florence MA 01062

November 14 &15 2009

10 - 5

Drop by to see me!

josie soho®

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crocus autumnales

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The Creation of Jozee

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josie soho® 2009 virtual lover™ Eve not adam™ baby edamame™

Dream House

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Another Life

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Anniversary Four - One World

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josie soho™ 2008

I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.
Vincent Van Gogh

Four years since I've found myself as a blogger. Oh, how I've matured.

What a wonderful window of opportunity and adventure blogging has opened up for me.

Thank you to everyone who's found and supported me on the web over the years in my various incarnations.

josie soho

virtual lover

Eve NOT adam

Day One

How To Make Good Pictures

2008-12-23T23:08:00.003-05:00

josie soho® 2008

On Hemingway's Shelf

Every artist writes his own autobiography.
Henry Ellis

Stone Cold Bitch In Key West

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josie soho® 2008

If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
R. Buckminster Fuller

Petronia and Fort

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and The Key West Cemetary

Most people treated me as if I ought to be a stone cold bitch.

Traipsing around Key West in silk cardigans and pearls. Camera in hand.

The sweaters I buy cheaply. The jewelry I make.

Except that one Queen down in Bahama Village.

She was sitting on a swinging settee under the shade, while a man out front adjusted the Christmas tree on his bike.

It was in the midday sun when she hollered out - "You goin to work girl?"

I yelled back- "You bet I am!"

A couple blocks later when a man looked out the back door of a restaurant and announced to the air and the guy beside him in a stage voice- "Either she lives here or she's been here before."----I didn't answer. I spent three hours silently in the cemetary as a response.

That night at dinner in a swell place, some well appointed people said- "Jesus no one will steal that thing. Did ya see it? That black man's got a Christmas tree on his bike."

I didn't say anything then either. I just listened.

josie soho® 2008

Recently I Went Home To Key West

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josie soho® 20008 Blue Heaven

Pimp Mama

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Madame ce soir

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Out to Lunch and Back

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Running To Open House In The Rain

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josie soho® 2008

Sunset At The Studio

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josie soho® 2008

Where Is Josie Soho?

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Lost In Thought

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josie soho® 2008

Every day as an artist is a challenge. Mine's mostly solitary. That's something I'm trying to remedy. Till then, every new batch of photos shows major improvement which is happily noted. Noted with pride till I've worked on every one which seems workable. As the last one is finished the feelings start going the other way and I begin to worry about what I will possibly find to shoot to top myself today.

Ai yi yi!! I'm not supposed to admit that am I?

An artist is his own fault.
John O'Hara

I Know There's A Point

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josie soho® 2008

I ponder it daily. I hope I haven't missed it.

Virtual Lover Last Night

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I Kick Ass!

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josie soho®

Perkins Cove

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josie soho® 2008

Zorba's, The North Star, The Grotto, Les Bistro Gras

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josie soho™ 2008

Click Here To get falling objects

I kissed a girl.

It sounds so sweet and innocent.

I kissed a girl.

The fallout.

Direct hits lasted 12 years.

We were together seven.

Perhaps I really should have listened when a seasoned lesbian took me aside on my way to the ladies' room.

"Lesbianism isn't women being all nicey - nice to each other." she said.

I knew she wasn't telling me to be nice, herself- which caused me to hear in the wrong way.

I was in that ladies room again last night. It's undergone a transformation. So have I.

Karma

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josie soho® 2008

I Live in The Abstract

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josie soho® 2008

2006

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josie soho® 2008

Yesterday

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josie soho® 2008

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.
Anish Kapoor

Anyone home?

Wanna Take My Picture?

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josie soho® 2008

related post

Berlin

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Here's a partial show of my pics of Berlin. More to follow.

Happy Renewal

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josie soho® 2008

Life and deeper meanings. A photo from Good Friday on my Straw Houses blog located on ipernity. link Please read it. Those of you who have been with me since the inception of this blog will understand.

love, jo

Contemplating Her Next Shot

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josie soho™ 2008

Eve Not Adam™

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josie soho® 2008

Today's Post - Holyoke

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josie soho® 2008

Slide show

Freelance Photographer

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josie soho® 2008

Art Quote of the Day
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
Diane Arbus

Touch Down Berlin

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Oh, babies. Life hasn't been the same since berlin...

go here: Straw Houses

here: All Around the Universe

and here: Can't Stop Me Now

Mama's on a roll sweethearts...stay tuned . I'll be here.

P.S. Dio, you were right. i belong there. Turn your blog back on please.
I'd like you to meet one of my new best friend's in Berlin.
Fritz- aka Fan_Berlin

I've already told him a bit about you.

You'll understand why when you talk with him. love, jo

Voyage

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Ready For The Future

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josie soho® 2008

Garden Party

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josie soho® 2008

Tattoo

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josie soho® 2008

The Book

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josie soho® 2008

My boyfriend's recognized I'm having a spiritual and emotional evolution. If I write the book...

Hestia Mural - Noho

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josie soho™ 2008

Art is the daughter of freedom.
Friedrich Schiller

The mural features local heroes from Harriet DeRose, one of the nation's first female newspaper publishers; to Sophia Smith, who founded Smith College; and Sojourner Truth, who gave a powerful voice for abolition and women's rights.

Painted in 1980 By The Hestia Mural Project

Friday Night At Mama Iguana's

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Foof's Feet

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josie soho™ 2008

Cousins

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josie soho™ 2008

Tango

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josie soho™ 2008

The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same

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I want to say Happy New Year to all my dear friends at Straw Houses. Thank you to everyone who reads me and cares about what I think and do here.

I'm sorry my posting has been sporadic at best. I have found a site which features some advantages over Blogger. Particularly for photography and illustrations. I will not be closing this blog. There's too much rich history in the blog itself and the links and friends I've made here over the years. Thank you all.

I invite you to view my new site at www.josiesoho.com if you would like to see my work going in a new direction for the future.

Thank you all for your warm input and friendship. Happy 2008!

love, josie

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josie soho™ 2008

Christmas Eve @ Josie Soho's™

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josie soho™ 2007

Ice Jam

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josie soho™ 2007

There Was Love From The Sky

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josie soho™ 2007

Apple

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josie soho™ 2007

Merry Christmas

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josie soho™ 2007

Up The Road A Piece

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josie soho™ 2007

Close To Perfection

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josie soho™ 2007

Bijoux

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josie soho™ 2007

On The River

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josie soho™ 2007

In The Studio

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josie soho™ 2007

Snow Day

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Josie Soho™ 2007

Sunset After A Snowy Day

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josie soho™ 2007

VJS50

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josie soho™ 2007

Glass Flowers In The Morning

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Glass Flowers In The Morning, originally uploaded by Josie Soho.

Celebration

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josie soho™ 2007

Blooms Overhead

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Blooms Overhead, originally uploaded by Josie Soho.

Josie Soho™ 2007

Psyche

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josie soho™ 2007

photo by Nancy Rice circa 1982

Merhorse

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josie soho™ 2007

Art Quote of the Day
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
George Santayana