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• Evening Sky, Art of The Cat Shown to the Cat, Early Birthday Gift, A Sonnet Sent Off

  

  First, the sky: and then… …Home design day!…many small changes for peace and beauty… I found an artwork the animal🐱shelter had made spontaneously of Peeko with a donation to the shelter (and he was from that shelter too)…He didn’t know what to make of it at first—was like 😯 when I brought it out to […]

  02/18/2022 9:26 pm

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• Author and Poet, May Ziadeh’s Birthday

  

  Happy birthday, Mayy! 😊💕136 never looked so good! (…and that is earth years.) 😊🎊 b. Feb. 11, 1886 in Nazareth, lived in Egypt and Lebanon, d. Oct. 17, 1941 in Cairo. May Elias Ziadeh was a writer and editor, author of poetry, biographies and fiction, knew nine languages, was a speaker, translator, and tutor, and […]

  02/11/2022 4:27 pm

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• A Note About What’s Just Beneath that Repetition

  When I find I am repeating something I’m ‘excited about,’ I’ll often hear uneasiness, and that’s often been more about a doubt of my own that is worth listening to…even if I may want to dismiss it all as pure excitement—Re: Beginning to write a novel? ’Now may not be the time.’ Time can be […]

  02/09/2022 11:53 am

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• Growing Upward

  

  “Growing Upward” by Jade Nicole Beals 12 W x 9 H. Jan. 18, 2022 I thought these trees I see through my windows each day had their leaves tilted downward, but to my surprise, one day I was looking to paint them and I noticed the trees were growing upward. It’s an interesting exercise (often […]

  01/18/2022 12:17 pm

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• I Adore…

  

  Most recent poet found with random book taken off shelf, Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy by Keith Waldrop fit in perfectly with the ‘Sagittarian Invasion’ artists on the blog recently told of…following Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (same sign: Austen turned 246 earth yrs on Dec. 16; Waldrop turned 89 on Dec. 11) what I thought… […]

  12/31/2021 9:47 pm

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• Merry Christmas!

  

  Peeko knew he was having his Christmas portrait taken and winked both times for the picture…and also covered up the Christmas wreath behind him twice as he wanted just himself front and center on the greeting! Peeko knows he’s an exceptionally fluffy, fine cat who is well-versed in literature and antique poetry and also enjoys […]

  12/24/2021 4:18 pm

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• Blushing Mornings, Angels, A 246th Yr Birthday Woman, and More

  

  Tuesday and Wednesday mornings…back to back blush. Did you guess right? Would I choose a new book or one to reread? I chose Northanger Abbey, a novel to reread from many years ago, and I don’t remember the story, but it is delightful, and I’ll read more of it today. Jane Austen completed it in […]

  12/16/2021 5:52 pm

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• The Wind and the Raindrops

  

  It is storming outside and warm and tranquil in my new library corner, a perfect place for a fairy woman to sit and try to learn how to like the sound of the wind, which popular opinion seems to enjoy more naturally…….❓😊☺️🙏 There are enough books on the shelves and space for more; I am […]

  12/11/2021 3:40 pm

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• Home Now…My Recent True Tales with Art: Evening News :)

  

  Nov. 17, 2021 Peeko this morning, after requesting his read earlier than usual, heard a favorite poem he likes to replay, “The Bean-Stalk” by Edna St. Vincent Millay. He sat like a hen as he listened to it, this photo above snapped just as he reclined relaxed afterwards, and I continued drinking my morning tea. […]

  11/17/2021 1:58 pm

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• The Excitement of Things You Already Have: #3 Space and Simplicity

  

  Emptied big container that I didn’t need there…felt the lift of a burden, the space open and air flow. Added many cans to my pantry and packed two durable bags ready for donation drive. Wiped away tiny white paint splatters from a past paint session easily off the floor, came off with water, can also […]

  10/30/2021 4:39 pm

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• The Latest Draft of My Sonnet Is Being Guarded with Seriousness

  

  I made a cup of afternoon tea and wanted to also read the fourth draft of my new sonnet in progress. I quickly found the first three drafts loose…and my most current one, not so free! But definitely not lost and definitely not ‘run away.’ This lyon is guarding it for me, and I look […]

  10/29/2021 1:04 pm

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• After Poetry, A Portrait

  

  Left to right: Ann (my mom’s bestie), My mom, and me in Massachusetts Conversations of coconut oil, free library cabinets, yoga, French breaded desserts, Italian restaurants and friendly waiters, a great aunt’s tea cups coming out of storage for display, and types of meditation. * Earlier: Finding Things You Already Had, With A Runaway Sonnet: […]

  10/28/2021 3:40 pm

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• The Excitement of Finding Things You Already Had: #1

  

  Well, I decided to find new table mats and to replace the ones I’d burned a little years ago with a frying pan maybe twice and hadn’t picked them out specifically, also saw I wanted more color and softness. These handwoven placemats and this vintage napkin holder I found on Etsy arrived yesterday morning and […]

  10/27/2021 8:23 am

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• Farewell, My Dear Strawberries and A New View

  

  I said farewell to my strawberry plants yesterday afternoon.😢(They had a rough time in my care, even if I’d tried.) I’d blessed them with the sign of the cross and then upon myself for equal empathy, with a word of comfort and goodbye as I went back inside….I also took down the hooks with the […]

  10/21/2021 8:42 am

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• (Audio) My Prose Poetry Dedication for May Ziadeh Read Aloud Today Along with Two Poems by May Translated by Me

  

  Tuesday, Oct 12, 2021 for May Ziadeh b. Feb 11, 1886 d. October, 17, 1941 I wrote this poetic letter in appreciation of the poet May Ziadeh who was greatly revered for her poems, prose, essays, translations, and speeches in Lebanon and Egypt during her life, b. Feb 11, 1886. She ran her famous literary […]

  10/13/2021 7:49 am

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• 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

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• What The Critics Said and What That Might Mean To You: Rumi

  

  Ah, refreshment, and fixings. 😊And then comes a pause for reflection… It’s a Libra moon currently 🌒and so I will start with the section I wrote about Rumi, and who was also chronologically the first poet discovered by me of these. From medieval Persia born in the 13th century, September 30, 1207, and best-selling poet […]

  10/07/2021 12:17 pm

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• Not My Mirror, But I Looked Up and Saw Chandeliers

  

  …🎨🖌💕 “Not My Door” photo series

  10/05/2021 5:43 pm

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• September Eighth, Safekeepings

  

  Tues., Sept. 7 ‘21 My calendar showed me it was time to open the book with the snow-flowers and the rose, as I’d learned that flowers preserve more easily if the book that holds them is kept closed ‘til it’s time. The snow-flowers were like a mysterious gift taken off the stems at their fullness […]

  09/09/2021 8:33 am

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• 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

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• Tiny Sure Buds and Snow-flowers, Small But Meaningful Changes

  

  late afternoon yesterday This Sunday, I’ll be attending as a guest and also reading a poem of my own for the first time online at an art and poetry event. I had done maybe a few Open Mics at Brooklyn College when I was a student there and at the time I preferred much more […]

  08/06/2021 9:46 am

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• Pisces

  I arranged this bouquet of flowers in this copper vase and one day I vacuumed it up by accident and the broken stems gave it a more realistic look that I liked better. The moon moves into Pisces. It cannot be seen as it is just new. Music for the moon The Midnight – Deep […]

  02/13/2021 12:22 am

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• Almost Christmas

    Christmas look with fireplace on. Wanted to make the nut cracker taller, so the mantel is more balanced on either side. I found some red books. Here are the books.  The Peanuts one wasn’t very good to read, but it makes a nice decoration. I got this candle some years ago. It has a […]

  12/17/2020 10:00 pm

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