Tag: my home library

• Every Strand of My Hair…

  

  A poem from the medieval era poet known as Rumi, writing in the year 1200. This is my choice Rumi of the 4 books I have. It’s called Unseen Poems and it happens to be a pocket-book. It keeps the translations into English like the original traditional forms, such as ghazal, a form I have…

  03/24/2023 6:09 am

  beauty, ecstacy, ghazal, love, medieval era, my home library, poetry, poetry books, poets, rumi, spirituality

• A Novel Set in the Medieval Era with a Passage that almost brings Tears

  

  I begin a new novel tonight, Singrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter, The Wreath (1920) set in Norway during the medieval era. I like to read historical novels; I also love that this passage in words expresses so closely my own inspiration for my painting, “Sun Shower” 2023. It almost brought me tears. 💕Jade January 19, 2023

  03/20/2023 7:55 pm

  art, artists, inspiration, medieval era, my home library, night, norway, novels, poetic, reading, sigrid undset

• A Very Funny Book, Here’s a Passage

  

  Margot, ‘Etiquette Coach’ and student, Bianca ☀️The Summer of Sunshine and Margot by Susan Mallery I will just be reading this book, and in light of the character’s advice, finding new ways to cross my legs, 🌫😊📚💕—Jade

  03/16/2023 7:29 pm

  books, fun, gifts, my home library, night, novels, susan mallery, uplifting

• Professor Peeko Looking from a New Angle from the Top of Reading Chair

  

  Living life from a new angle, with his own confidence peaking, Peeko says, ‘Hmm, let me see this home library…Now, maybe I will select the next book to read…’ Curiousity and knowledge are miraculous. 😊🐱📚—Professor Peeko A slow morning…Tea on a morning of clouds and rain…before the Art Gallery. We moved through mindfulness practices from…

  03/02/2023 5:58 pm

  art, books, fun, home library, interior design, meditation, mindfulness, morningtime, my home library, my photography, night, peeko, poetry, reading, rest, wellness

• Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

  

  One of my favorite novelists, a book that often comes to mind as greatly lyrical and a full, philosophical story, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, my reflective review: The most moving novel I’ve read this year in 2022, and the most recent one I’ve added to my own home library. Song of Solomon (1977)…

  02/23/2023 7:06 pm

  birthdays, black heritage, book reflection, book review, my home library, my photography, novels, philosophy, toni morrison

• Groundhog Day and a Home Library Day of Surprises

  

  🐱This groundhog does not do ‘tricks’ like show you a season out of his shadow, but if he wants to, he will, and then he will take your treat after. Today, I gave 4 books away because I’d wanted to 😊💕📚. It was not great though overall: windy, cold, and the wind kept blowing my…

  02/02/2023 7:57 pm

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• Two Poetry Reviews: with an Unconventional Possible Wedding Ceremony Poem

  I am still practicing my recitation of a favorite poem by W.B. Yeats for you, and it may be some time, as I continue my reading of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I did drop the book accidentally on the ground on the sidewalk, but I learned this is a pocket book not the…

  01/30/2023 10:16 am

  book reflection, book review, english education, jane austen, lisa jarnot, massachusetts, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my first novel, my home library, poetry, poetry books, writing process