this flower was scented like strawberry and sugarcane đ°đ»đđž Intoxicated by A Book and Some Flowers Iâd found a book recently called The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, and I noticed before I read the book that it was scented so beautifully like the beach by the sea and a sweetly potent suntan fragranceâŠI breathed…… Continue reading An Intoxicating Book, A Bird Tries to Break into My Window, and More Recent Life Stories
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The Gift by H.D.
The Gift âby H.D. (born 1886, Pennsylvania) Instead of pearlsâa wrought claspâ a braceletâwill you accept this? You know the scriptâ you will start, wonder: what is left, what phrase after last night? This: The world is yet unspoiled for you, you wait, expectantâ you are like the children who haunt your own steps for…… Continue reading The Gift by H.D.
Books and Art: Sifting Through for the Best of Rumi, Kahlil Gibran Scare, and My Creative Plan for the Day
I do this tooâŠ(I liked finding this illustrated at The Boston Fine Arts Museum, my own photo of this artwork I saw there)âŠwith my silver aluminum water canteen and poetry book, and a rock to sit on. Friday, May 27th, 2022 Sifting Through for the Best of Rumi I think Iâd really confused and worked…… Continue reading Books and Art: Sifting Through for the Best of Rumi, Kahlil Gibran Scare, and My Creative Plan for the Day
Many a ThingâŠ(A Trip to the Antiques Shop)
Tues. Apr. 12, 2022 photo from Tues., Apr. 5thââPants by Peeko đ±,â a perfectly good hemming this time, Peeko helping on his own when I got the pants ready (just âloungewearâ, shown in previous post.) He was proud of both the task and his own joke: sitting like this holding the pants in place and…… Continue reading Many a ThingâŠ(A Trip to the Antiques Shop)
Mornings at the Sea
“Mornings at the Sea” ~Jade Nicole Beals Jan. 17, 2022 12 Wâ x 9â H acrylic paint on canvas. framed back. may hang directly on wall. sides painted.
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a recent photo luxuriously flaunting his longness⊠Peeko knew it was his birthday today as soon as dawnâs waking, he ran! into the bedroom (instead of walking) as I was awakening and looked up at me with great attention and excitement, and with a hint of baby sweetness, and then he leapt onto the new…… Continue reading 7!
A Sweet, Refreshing BeginningâŠ
The literary salon begins with some blush⊠Yesterday afternoon, âRumiâ black tea in a glass with a splash of almond milk. Autumn begins tomorrowâŠđđ I send you my morning wishes and return to the salon with a cup of green tea and glimpsing the sky between sips as its colors lighten and merge⊠* Today…… Continue reading A Sweet, Refreshing BeginningâŠ
In 2021, I Just Happened to Find a Dance to Take Us into 1921
Grandma Shirley knew about this free dance gathering with a band, including especially good Swing music, and as sheâd practiced ballroom and line dancing before and I hadnât, I asked her if she wanted to dance to this song.I donât have dance lesson experience or knew the dances they were doing but it wasnât a…… Continue reading In 2021, I Just Happened to Find a Dance to Take Us into 1921
Good Morning, As If Still With The Sea Wind
A photo of mine taken last night at Nantasket beach, MA I woke with almost-curls in my hair from the breeze of the sea smoothed in sleep and I am calm and wild in one. There was music on the beach again, some lyrics like âIs she a Capricorn? Maybe sheâs a VirgoâŠâ I thought…… Continue reading Good Morning, As If Still With The Sea Wind
A Smile on a Monday
I had a title for a post last night but sleep took it from me and gave me dreams rich and deep. * What are you doing today? I completed a bigger sketch for my next painting in one of my paper pads the other day and also found a new figment there. My cat…… Continue reading A Smile on a Monday
âMeet Me Where The Water Meets The Skyâ
Mattappoiset, MA Where the birds soar high and dip down low and rise again beyond the little stream winding how a stream should wind; I think I might step myself within that green and wander as I should have been… âJade * Post title is a lyric from the song âDeeperâ by Tara MacLean *…… Continue reading âMeet Me Where The Water Meets The Skyâ
Tuesday At The Literary Salon, Mayâs House
Were they drinking rose syrup in their coffee at those literary gatherings, maybe in Egypt, or was it a choice between rose syrup and coffee? Well, this is a question I wondered and typed into the search. I think some people might have chosen coffee and maybe put rose syrup in theirs too. It is…… Continue reading Tuesday At The Literary Salon, Mayâs House
Inspired and Inspiring
May 10, 2021 Asian history, art, poetry, and tea, continue as we celebrate Asian Heritage Month. I have written about Kahlil Gibran, had read his poem aloud, “The Astronomer.â Maybe less known is a woman poet who inspired him and they became close through the letters they wrote each other even though they had not met in…… Continue reading Inspired and Inspiring
A Beach, A Girl, And A Little Girl, Pt. 2
 Hull, MA at sunset, I took this picture this past summerI have been thinking about the beach this weekend. I had recently written a post titled, âA Beach, A Girl, And A Little Girlâ and more came to me yesterday that Iâd like to write.I was trying to remember what Danielle liked to do when I…… Continue reading A Beach, A Girl, And A Little Girl, Pt. 2
A Beach, A Girl, and A Little Girl
I took this photo at Cape Cod this past fall 2020 You might remember me writing about going to the beach in New York and collecting sea shells as a young girl in the post, âA Plate That Holds Half A Ring.â I often walked alone beside the ocean at this beach, thinking, dreaming, picking…… Continue reading A Beach, A Girl, and A Little Girl
A Dream With A Question About Water
photo I took July 2018 Â Hull, Massachusetts summer following the publication of my book Moonflower In a recent dream I had, this question about water was asked to me. There was no voice or person seen in the dream, just the question: Â Which bodies of water are your favorite? While still dreaming, I immediately…… Continue reading A Dream With A Question About Water
A Plate That Holds Half A Ring
I love memorable things. I love meaningful objects that remind me of someone, maybe they gave it to me, or someone else gave it to me after they had passed away, or even just something I had seen on my own and found beautiful, whether I bought it from a store or found it on…… Continue reading A Plate That Holds Half A Ring