Tag: memoir stories
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A Self-Portrait & Writing by Hand
Wednesday…and Virginia Woolf served so many cups of tea written into the short story collection Monday or Tuesday that there’s no desire left for another cup of tea for me today. From that particular set of stories, I really liked “The String Quartet” and “Kew Gardens.” Yesterday I came upon a short story I wrote […]
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Into a Pile of Books Today, I Kind of Just Dove In…
This is Peeko’s back to school photo, ‘tho he should be in focus…He loves literature and poetry, esp. the playful childrens’ rhyme kind. But he also doesn’t have a set class time, and he may walk out when he wants to. Happy to dive into the box and pretend to spook the viewer! I wasn’t […]
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New England Garden: Dahlia Day and Fairy Forest
It was Dahlia Day at the garden my husband Dan and I went to for the day. This New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill is in North Western MA. It is nice too that libraries around MA offer passes that discount the admission price greatly, and one pass covers two people for the day. […]
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My Wooden Easel and Art Supplies
I brought in my portable wooden easel tonight. I cleaned it well with natural soaps and water, cleaned, neatened bristles, and arranged all my brushes, and set up all paints inside. I also placed on my blank 9 x 12 canvas, deep cleansed and airing out the wooden easel with the cool open window. I […]
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Inspiring Spaces: An Amethyst Heart and Other Photos
On this blog, I may share a photo of a new arrangement or design in my home. It can refresh your mind to have things set nicely, and often it doesn’t require much addition, but making some space or arranging, for artists working at home or anyone. I tilted the amethyst gem crystal an upright […]
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A Little Treasure I Found
I found this stuffed toy at a gift shop at a rest stop in Western Massachusetts. My husband noticed the shop looked like it had nice things and we looked around. I saw a small display of stuffed toys, and also realized I’d not selected one for myself before. She is a baby black bear […]
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An Art Gallery Weekend, A Reflection on Beauty, Luminosity, and Happiness in Art
featured artists, Rich and Shana, this weekend, and me centered Saturday I spent the afternoon at the local Art Gallery and Studio and it’s been a busy, connected time with the artist friends there, and those words don’t always come together in other ways, which I love about this. I had just finished my recent […]
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Nature Plays The Same Notes
After I completed my painting the previous night, this afternoon, Friday, I went out for a celebratory walk in the bright sun. I found nature playing the same notes, blossoming with the colors that inspired my latest painting from imagination: Fresh Strawberries and a Flower Bouquet by the Window. In my art, the mood felt […]
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Queen Elizabeth II and a Teatime Afternoon
I’ve enjoyed this teacup for awhile, without knowing anything about the people specifically, but because my grandma in law, Arlene gave it to me, the one who lives in Massachusetts nearby, who’s married to my grandfather in law, Gerry. In a burst of great excitement moving through their dining room, she’d said to me; “You […]
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Peeko, and What We’re Up To
Update Thurs. 7 am: Peeko is feeling better! 🙂 He ate all of his late dinner and all of his breakfast today. … Today’s ‘one thing or two’ main project picked for the day and that’s all—in bold—among other things I may pick to do: *a fully physical day: yoga—extended hold of each stretch. eating […]
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Poetry Books: Goldenrod and The Book of Love, and More
The title poem of Goldenrod by Maggie Smith reminds me of my time as a very novice student of nature last year. And I’m not purposely or only picking gold-colored things for the blog :), but I won’t outright deny a gold-colored thing for variety either. My brief reflection of the book: Goldenrod by Maggie Smith (2021): […]
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Peeko Creates His Own Retreat
(photo found from yesterday; lighting a little brightened to match reality) Speaking of all my “pocket talk” with my pocket sketchbooks on the blog drawings of flowers and leaves out in the field: My cat Peeko added to his cat tower…and created his very own hammock! from beneath the seat of my chair, and it’s […]
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I Found a Fluffy Flower
On my walk just now, I found a fluffy white flower… It is very soft and wonderful, you see. Jade
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A Pair of Leaves in the Rain
back inside, the lamplight showed the page in a warm light I wasn’t planning to sketch or even paint today, but the fire-alarms were going to be tested today, and began, so I grabbed my purse, pocket sketchbook, a book to read, pencil, and sharpener that were on my side table. I was going outside […]
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La Salette Shrine and Retreat Center: Talk…—and Sketch
…And now it’s tomorrow, and I have two little true life stories to tell. But first, this is the setting where I am now as I tell them: I’ve just finished all of my green tea this morning from this little mug that I was going to rinse in the kitchen when I noticed how […]
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A yellow gold white gold rope chain, 💕💕from Dan, with one of my favorite pendants & my other favorite amethyst hearts (my birthstone) from Dan from 10 yrs ago I can wear. I’d lost my jewelry in a pockets display I’d had for many years that had ripped and jewelry got lost in the new-made […]
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From My Biggest Sketchbook: Presenting…Peeko
He was so pleasantly surprised when I began to sketch him tonight! His mouth slightly opened and he bowed his head too, smiling the whole time, and winked at me dramatically a few times too. (Live) in the moment, no photo—Peeko. Aug. 19, ‘22 Now I will go! and continue using those index cards I […]
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Good Morning! : Miss May’s Flower Art
I completed this flower art today I’d made for author and poet, Miss May Ziadeh. I’d collected flowers over the seasons, a couple fallen onto my path outside, and pressed them in a book for her… and then I’d made her a celebration memorium at my home where I’d read Miss May (as she was […]
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New Fantasy Novel Found at the Bookshop, A New Poem Sent In, The Fun of a Giveaway I Had Not Won
This is the new book I found Uprooted by Naomi Novik at the bookshop last time, by an author of our time, fantasy genre. I picked it based on the cover first and then the line on the cover: ‘enjoyable fantasy with the air of a modern classic.’ I am currently reading the book (Aug. […]
Blush of Dawn 