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A Moving Medieval Set Novel from 1920, The Wreath by Sigrid Undset
It’s been a nice warm evening to read a while outside. I am beginning the 2nd book of this series…to continue inside…as the weather changes fast. My thoughts on the 1st book, The Wreath: A speechlessly astounding novel with stunningly exquisite writing, I’m surprised I can even write this review soon after completing this book,…
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A Day at the Fine Arts Museum in Boston
UPDATE at the end My paintings are now varnished up to date with a very subtle protective coat; I am sitting at home after a day at the museum. This photo is my own art at home now: the blue painting on the left, then a pink anemone, a famous botanical drawing print I’d found…
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An Overall Wellness Reflection
Creative Work in Planner Friday, I sketched on the canvas to create a 70th anniversary art for my grandparents (in law.) My favorite part of my own contribution to the painting in vision is a very simple subject with a refreshing, sensory feeling and in my mind, still unseen. Movement that You Enjoy I felt…
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Listen to Me Read My Newest Poem, “Heat Rises”
Friday night for a poetry reading. This is a recent poem I wrote in time for spring in Boston. When I first posted this reading today, I revised the poem after hearing it (and that is a good writing tip—this one is complete.) I recorded this poem while in the car waiting for a seat…
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“Heat Rises”
by Jade Nicole Beals Heat rises, and I seem to forget this. I place on the sunglasses that match this skirt and top outfit. Breezing in through the hallway, this sweetness must be the springtime flowers a-blossoming. I step outside the door, and the cold air grasps my bare thigh in Boston. I go right…
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My Second Sketchbook
My 2nd sketchbook is complete. The art on the wall is my painting, “Sun Shower” (2023). The first 5 sketches are from May 2014. I don’t remember if I was looking at anything to draw the setting, and I created no more art at the time. And then comes some nature sketches from August 2021…
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Ways to Calm in the Night
(As I awaken and add in this photo, a blush of dawn palette 🎨, kisses sent up, as it gets light outside 🙂 * 3:30 am a nightmare not real not real… I notice the room, my breathing, distant lulling sounds, my whole body, my eyes are still open but I feel them relax…Going over…
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My Sketchbook, A Silent Movie
pocket edition in the morning light 😊. You can also view this short silent movie on YouTube if you prefer. (That YouTube is just for blog videos or talk shows, and I link them here. My Yoga YouTube is a separate Channel linked on my About page.) 💕 Love, Jade
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Drawing Their 70th Anniversary, A Preliminary for a Very Special Occasion
My grandma and grandfather in law celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary this March (the 1st). And my grandfather in law, Gerry commissioned a painting for the occasion…He wanted me to paint something expressive or with a sense of “modern art” and is fine with it being ready when it is ready. 🙂 And no hurry…
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Welcome Home, Peperomia
I brought home this plant today, on the bus home in the inside pocket of my side bag, and I have learned how to care for it. It is a rubber plant, ‘peperomia’ and it is also cat and dog friendly. The tag named it an Angel plant and gave it the name, “Golden.” It…
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A Low Pine in the Sunshine, My 1st Pocket Sketchbook’s Complete!
…I guess I did some of my own ‘field work’ sketching ‘in the field’ today. A low pine in the sunshine, Mar. 18, 2023, from my pocket sketchbook near home. I sat on a rock to view this scene of pine trees in the afternoon light, and I placed my jacket against me as a…
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Happy Birthday, Patty Griffin!
This is a great sky this morning for the occasion and song. Today is singer-songwriter, Patty Griffin’s birthday! Happy Birthday Patty! 💕💕🎂🍀🍀🍀🍀 You may remember I was listening to her music in January and by February I found her on tour and live in Boston that night and got tickets. You can watch her live…
Blush of Dawn 