Tag: boston

• A Flower I Would Have Dreamed

  

  I didn’t even have to steal this flower; I found it fallen upon my path yesterday morning after I’d written my first post of the new series. I noticed its color when I saw it so lively upon the asphalt concrete: warm rose blended with violet and amethyst, my most desired color pink for a […]

  10/08/2021 2:33 pm

  boston, catholic, fairies, garden, gratitude, home, india, interior design, japan, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, morning, my photography, philosophy, poetic, poetry, prose poetry, self portraits, spirituality, tea, yoga

• Lost and Found: Give You Riddles That Are More Fun Than I Thought

  

  True Life: Light flicked off some moments after while I was inside, no one around, flicks on again bright as usual with my step forward…Now, does that make me invisible or not, or might I be shifting? No wrong answer; it’s not that exciting.😊😉🧚‍♀️🌑But my own photo! In an audio post on May 7, ‘21, […]

  10/06/2021 7:30 pm

  20th century, 21st century, art, boston, creative, creative process, Kahlil gibran, lebanon, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, moon, morning, narrative, new moon, new york city, philosophy, poets

• Wake Up, It’s Rumi’s Birthday

  

  I walked out this morning, the sky just turning a lighter blue-gray with clouds cushioning the very top, rounding the sides of the sky, and I looked up, a slight bend back to see, and there I saw a crescent moon I’d thought Rumi might particularly like, today, on his birthday! ‘There, your birthday moon; […]

  09/30/2021 12:58 pm

  20th century, boston, medieval era, memoir, memoir stories, moon, morning, philosophy, poetic, poetry, poets, rumi, sky, spirituality, w.s. merwin

• Autumn Returns by Pablo Neruda, Night Poetry Reading by Me in Spanish and English

  

  A flight of geese I saw early one morning just before Fall This is a long ago found favorite by the classic poet Pablo Neruda, born in July 1904 read by me in the original Spanish (it’s been a long time for me since reading the language) and then in English, and it has been […]

  09/25/2021 9:22 pm

  20th century, boston, hispanic heritage month, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, Pablo Neruda, poetry, poetry read by me, poets, sky, spanish

• An Amazing Art Reading from Some Weeks Ago

  This video was recently posted, an art event and poetry reading I’d attended some time ago—I wasn’t reading my own work at this meeting or making any audible comments, but the camera will show my appreciation for the art, poems, and background stories shared. (If you notice, no it’s not a camera trick; I did […]

  09/25/2021 12:45 pm

  21st century, boston, egypt, food, ghazal, haibun, hedy habra, lebanon, michigan, poetry reading, poets, rumi, spanish, spirituality

• Unfolding The Way With Sky Blushes, A Falling Book, And A Suddenly Seen Keurig Machine

  

  The morning sky today easily put some blush upon my face too. 😊🙏 Windows I’d just cleaned yesterday on both sides, including the glass door, and yes, my plants are looking more alive again, was excited to wake up today and see what the view would be through such clear glass… And there was another […]

  09/22/2021 7:12 pm

  19th century, 20th century, art, boston, catholic, classics, creative process, egypt, fairies, garden, germany, italy, mary shelley, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, my mystical experiences, my photography, novels, philosophy, poetic, poets, reading, spirituality, tea, yoga

• A Sweet, Refreshing Beginning…

  

  The literary salon begins with some blush… Yesterday afternoon, ‘Rumi’ black tea in a glass with a splash of almond milk. Autumn begins tomorrow…🍂😊 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 […]

  09/21/2021 8:10 am

  19th century, 20th century, 21st century, beach, boston, catholic, egypt, french, literary salon we keep, may ziadeh, melody gardot, memoir, memoir stories, morning, music, my photography, ocean, philosophy, poetic, poetry, poetry books, poetry by may ziadeh, poets, rumi, sky, spirituality, tea, writings by may ziadeh

• The Literary Salon Goes On

  

  September 17, 2021 A snapshot from Tuesday I said to Peeko, ”Make your literary salon face!” (snaps photo). The Tuesday literary salon is still May Ziadeh’s, not my own, that she hosted in Cairo and had to stop hosting unfairly in 1930, due to the custom then with her parents no longer living and being […]

  09/17/2021 8:32 am

  20th century, boston, catholic, egypt, hip hop, literary salon we keep, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, music, my mystical experiences, my photography, novels, peeko, poets, reading, roula-maria dib, spirituality, tea, writing process

• Almost Autumn

  

  It’s almost Autumn and the trees are still very green. * Let me introduce my week with words: Starting The Week with A Heart Back Intact and Plenty of Soulful Imaginings

  09/13/2021 3:55 pm

  boston, fairies, literary salon we keep, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, poetic, poets, yoga

• The Moon and Surprise Live Violin Music

  

  July 23, 2022: I heard a song that reminded me of this video and moment. I also heard that these are scams as they are not actually playing the music. I gave them my money; I would give it anyway. Why?—Because they played it for me and I loved it, I said. September 13, 2021: […]

  09/13/2021 1:23 pm

  boston, food, literary salon we keep, meditate, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, moon, music, my photography, poetic, sky

• The Little Pieces of Wisdom I Treasure Which May Be Made of Tissue Paper

  

  Why would I need great wealth when the library is so much fun?  Let me have a few clothes hangers to detangle after a just neatened closet wardrobe. Let me find the empty clothes hangers taking up extra room one by one, and then set them apart one by one, and close the door…go out […]

  09/08/2021 6:36 am

  21st century, boston, catholic, faith, gratitude, library, literary salon we keep, memoir, memoir stories, moon, mother mary, my photography, new moon, philosophy, poetic, psychology, sky, spirituality, sunset

• The Lost Girl

  

  Good afternoon, I didn’t know if I would really go away. 😊But I did. And I am back now to tell you about a novel I’ve completed that I’d mentioned before I left, The Lost Girl by D.H. Lawrence, and I won’t spoil plot or suspense for readers. I’d just recently found the novel in […]

  09/05/2021 3:32 pm

  20th century, 21st century, book reflection, book review, boston, catholic, classics, d.h. lawrence, egypt, england, folk music, food, france, italy, lebanon, library, lisa hannigan, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, music, my photography, novels, philosophy, poets, reading, spirituality

• 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 she’d practiced ballroom and line dancing before and I hadn’t, I asked her if she wanted to dance to this song. I don’t have dance lesson experience or knew the dances they were doing but it wasn’t […]

  08/30/2021 10:58 am

  20th century, 21st century, beach, boston, dance, edna st. vincent millay, egypt, Kahlil gibran, lebanon, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, music, new york city, novels, poets, reading

• After Pistachio, A Silent Film

  

  I now present you with my silent film, in the moment written, directed & starred by me—‘After Pistachio.’ And you can mute it if you wish for extra peacefulness. 😊 🙏😊💗

  08/25/2021 6:23 pm

  20th century, angels, boston, catholic, faith, food, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, my silent movies, poets, spirituality

• A Capricorn Moon upon Gibran

  

  Yesterday’s middle post, ‘Clouds and a Light Drizzle…’ linked at the end, has now been fixed to show featured image. I don’t think Gibran has had an actual moon on the blog, and unplanned by me the Lebanese Pitas were requested again, and I cooked the dinner again falling on the Capricorn moon of Gibran’s […]

  08/19/2021 6:45 pm

  art, boston, fairies, food, italy, Kahlil gibran, lebanon, memoir, memoir stories, moon, my photography, peeko, philosophy, psychology, spirituality

• Morning in Boston, Night in Australia, A Multi-National Online Poetry Reading

  

  It was a memorable poetry reading I co-hosted today ‘From Boston to Oz’ with my long-time poet online friend from Adelaide, Australia, Deb Stewart who had the idea for the event and invited me. 🙏😊 And yes that was a book of hers on my shelf Slow Notes, a beautiful white & green poetry book […]

  08/14/2021 2:06 pm

  20th century, 21st century, australia, boston, ghazal, hedy habra, interior design, Kahlil gibran, lebanon, may ziadeh, medieval era, memoir, memoir stories, mir, morning, peeko, poetic, poetry, poetry books, poetry reading, poets, psychology, roula-maria dib, rumi

• The First Blush of Dawn

  

  I woke and opened my eyes to see this blush of dawn today and smiled warmly. And then the sun and sky through the pines before early morning tea. I started writing notes on posts to come early last week sometimes related to the current moon sign for some added interest. I’d also picked up […]

  07/30/2021 10:40 am

  20th century, 21st century, boston, edna st. vincent millay, fairies, garden, memoir, moon, morning, my photography, poetic, poetry, poetry books, poets, sky, tea

• Coming Right Up After The Faery Queene I, One Cup of A Surprisingly Good Hemingway

  

  The little green one hundred year old book on the right is the book I’ve just read last and reviewed recently on this blog, The Faery Queene I by Edmund Spenser. I read his apologetic humble note about the book in the introduction after I’d completed my review and it made me feel that maybe […]

  07/29/2021 6:42 pm

  20th century, boston, dreams, edmund spenser, english literature, ernest hemingway, fairies, herbs, medieval era, meditation, memoir, moon, my dreams, my photography, psychology, reading

• A Late July Saturday Walk in Boston

  

  So many roses to admire in the evening cool… Boston Public Garden * For some time these days, 80s music has been on a mission to lift your life to peaceful heights as you can see in this video I took of a drummer street performer by the harbor in Boston this past Saturday. I […]

  07/29/2021 8:14 am

  arabic, boston, christina perri, garden, jasmine thompson, language, memoir, music, my photography, poetic, poetry, psychology, spirituality

• From Boston to Oz, Online Poetry Reading

  An Australian poet friend of mine, Deb Stewart and I are hosting this multi-national free live online Zoom poetry reading, ‘From Boston to Oz’ featuring poets from both countries reading 1-2 of their own poems. The event details are on Facebook linked below and will take place on Saturday, August 14th at 8 am – […]

  07/27/2021 7:06 am

  21st century, art events, boston, poetry, poets

• From Sky to Earth and Earth to Sky, So Little Distance

  “When the world tore my heart with its evil and littleness, my bird sang and made me forget the ugliness of folly and think of the beauty of everything splendid.”—May Ziadeh * June 10, 2021: Afternoon moment of rest, I took out the poems of hers I’d handwritten and read one; I saw then in […]

  06/10/2021 2:33 pm

  20th century, boston, catholic, dreams, french, gratitude, greek, lebanon, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, mythology, nature, philosophy, poetic, poetry, poetry books, poets, prose poetry, sky, spirituality, sun, wellness, writings by may ziadeh

• I Heard It

  

  I felt as if Edna might be saying, ‘All this talk of May Ziadeh, and what about me?’ And I forgot about my morning petition until I heard the rain fall and it was answered. I felt these were some good flowing moments to read a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay (an audio only […]

  06/04/2021 5:08 pm

  20th century, audio, audio poetry, boston, edna st. vincent millay, gratitude, new york city, philosophy, poetry, poetry read by me, poets

• Sweetly Had You Come to Meet Me in the Night?

  May 31, 2021 Last night I read the many handwritten poems I’d translated, and then again, the latest poem of my own that I had written during My Full Moon Party for the Flower Moon and had not remembered ’til then how I’d concluded it, these days of having been pulled into a poetry cove […]

  05/31/2021 3:32 pm

  20th century, 21st century, boston, egypt, french, gratitude, lebanon, love, lovingkindness, may ziadeh, memoir, my memoir stories, my mystical experiences, ode, poetic, poetry, poetry three, poets, spirituality, traditional form poetry, writing process, writings by may ziadeh

• “The Dance” Poem in Print Online

  The Cole Resource Center in Belmont, MA, a non-profit community organization that supports mental health and wellness has published a poem of mine in their email newsletter this month and last. Last month’s poem was “Portrait of a Leaf,” first published in Moonflower. Here is the link to this month’s new poem which was sent out […]

  12/14/2020 3:43 pm

  boston, my poetry, wellness

• For A New Friend

  in memory of Celeste Birthday: May 2nd Written on November 3, 2020: A few weeks ago one night your name came to mind, although I had not heard much about you most recently. I decided to add you as a friend on Facebook that night as I had heard of you as a great friend, […]

  11/03/2020 5:13 pm

  21st century, angels, boston, brooklyn, dreams, garden, grandma jean, gratitude, memoir, memoir stories, music, my dreams, my photography, nature, philosophy, poetic, poetry, poets, prose poetry, spirituality, tea, wellness

• On Marriage: Memories, Reflection, A Question

  October 20, 2020. New revision and additions, January 7, 2023. (Full length essay) 2009 It is May. I am at home at my desk in a green-painted bedroom, my cat, Sugar is resting on my bed, and my mom is downstairs doing something. I think my sister isn’t home. I receive a message online and […]

  10/20/2020 12:49 pm

  boston, fun, Kahlil gibran, love, memoir, memoir stories, new york city, philosophy, sensual, unity

• Tea Ceremony at Wind in the Pines

  July 30, 2012 It was a drizzly Sunday afternoon when Dan and I arrived at the Shofuan “Wind in The Pines” tea hut.  We sat on the backless chairs with “beginners’ mind;” we had never been to a tea ceremony before, and as light rain fell, we enjoyed the empty hut before us, which had […]

  07/30/2012 11:50 am

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