Tag: narrative

• dream of a home with the lights out

  a man wanders into my dream; i sit up from the floor and say, “i just fainted.” he looks at me and says, “what?” his dog bounces around on the leash lunging at glimmers of light in the dark room. “can you turn on the light, please?” i continue, “i am afraid.” he says, “you […]

  01/20/2023 1:19 pm

  dreams, home, my dreams, narrative, night

• Happy Birthday, Britney! (A Literary and Art History and Present Day Post)

  My December 2nd post rewritten as you’ll read on… :): The last I remember, I was writing yesterday evening about the phrase a “New York minute” and expressing I would like to slow down, in my amended post to wish Britney a happy birthday from the post of December 2nd, and somehow half the night […]

  12/05/2022 12:53 pm

  ameen rihani, art, art education, artists, bertha case, birthday, birthdays, boston, fun, herbs, Kahlil gibran, lebanon, literary critique, literary salon we keep, mary haskell, massachusetts, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, music, narrative, new york city, philosophy, pop music, psychology, uplifting, wellness, writers, writing process

• Peeko’s Backpack?

  

  …A poetry backpack for my cat Peeko whom I am currently schooling in subjects of his choice, but no, I didn’t get it. 😊 💞📚😊🐱Put in an Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poetry volume: her lighter and more silly sarcastic rhymes and sonnets, a William Shakespeare play, Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady, and any metered […]

  12/02/2022 9:54 pm

  dmx, edna st. vincent millay, english education, english literature, fashion, fun, henry james, hip hop, massachusetts, memoir stories, narrative, peeko, plays, poetry, poets, rhyme, william shakespeare

• Bedtime Story: Raindrops

  …There are little raindrops on the window that I can hear; I have just brushed my teeth, combed my hair, washed my face, patted it dry, placed on moisturizer with my fingertips moving in little, soft circles, and I am all ready for bed. The raindrops sound more like pearls on a woman’s neck than […]

  11/28/2022 8:58 am

  beauty, fun, my short stories, narrative, night, philosophy, prose poetry, self-care, short stories, short verse, uplifting, wellness

• An Idea for Pressed Flowers and Nature Collectors

  

  November 27, 2022 I was spending the end of the day and night in heavenly company, when I was doing yoga on the wall, with breaks in between to read Jane Eyre, I found a little tree bark, preserved, oh my guest 🙂 may have noted these pressed flowers or leaves with a hint of […]

  11/27/2022 8:09 pm

  angelic, charlotte bronte, fairies, fun, garden, heavenly, memoir, memoir stories, my mystical experiences, my photography, narrative, nature, night, preservation, pressed flowers, pressed leaf, sketchbooks, uplifting, yoga

• Classics Cat, Painted Jane Eyre, with Music by Justin Bieber

  

  …this literary scholar and fine art collector cat smiles at the Readers… —😽😎🐱Peeko 🎶🎶… and becomes a very plush, emotional cat as he loves when I am reading a many-paged classic novel, and he may like it himself for me to be reading, if he would pick, he loves relaxation, and when I am relaxing […]

  11/24/2022 10:13 pm

  antique, books, charlotte bronte, classics, creative writing, english education, english literature, fairies, fairytale, fun, gratitude, home, interior design, justin bieber, love, lovingkindness, morningtime, music, my photography, narrative, new moon, peeko, positivity

• pocket verse: haiku and tanka

  Each are separate poems all written in the same couple of days —Jade Nicole Beals * 1 I’ve changed all the locks I still love you 2 my cat naps he snores like soft weeping my tears, but l don’t know our reason 3 the soft, plush vacuumed rug I notice so much more in […]

  11/17/2022 8:47 am

  beauty, dreams, food, free write, fruits, haiku, home, love poetry, massachusetts, morningtime, my poetry, narrative, nature, night, poetry, short verse, sky, tanka

• Mystery of the Missing Hair Tie

  Friday night That was quick, that particular silky hair tie, I’d written of prev. I just untied to fix my hair in the bathroom at restaurant, I thought I’d placed it in my purse when a woman wanted to wash her hands at sink and I moved aside to go into stall, but I must’ve […]

  11/12/2022 7:18 am

  beauty, fairies, fun, memoir stories, narrative, self-reflection

• My First Novel Begins…Now

  

  up and up brand college ruled journal jumbo size found at target Here you can see my supplies, the notebook now written in some first pages (but not to see the words written, a surprise, of course). This paper calendar happening to match is for the story’s timeline, but I am not really near up […]

  11/10/2022 11:07 am

  creativity, fantasy, fiction, fictional, gratitude, handwritten, love, lovingkindness, magic realism, memoir stories, morningtime, my first novel, my novel, my photography, narrative, writing process

• The Pearls: a fantasy fiction Novel, and a Cat with a Very Fluffy Belly, not to Touch

  

  My cat Peeko has been so interested in expanding his skillset since he started schooling with me, and was a little disappointed in himself just a moment ago when he was interested in green grapes, and wanted to eat one, but also instinct didn’t; he licked his mouth as he glanced away. I told him […]

  11/06/2022 7:58 pm

  fantasy, fruits, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, narrative, nature, night, novels, peeko

• A Debut Fantasy Novel, All Saints Day, Writers’ Retreat

  

  photo from bookshop November 1, 2022 A new fantasy novel I’d found with a second book in the series to come this month. * It is All Saints Day, and this holiday has a very special meaning. 🙂 🙂 Miss May says from the song we listened to…“But you are the angel in person.” 🙂 […]

  11/01/2022 8:07 am

  angelic, angels, book reflection, book review, books, catholic, ed sheeran, fiction, holidays, home, library, literary salon we keep, massachusetts, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, narrative, poetic, poetry, prose poetry, spirituality, sue lynn tan, tea, writer events, writers, writing process

• A Dream Definition, An Apple Suggestion, and A Cat with a Full Repertoire for His Paws

  

  After I wrote yesterday evening, I dreamed some invisible being wanted me to know very directly and with great importance, yet in true life the line is metaphoric: “You are in essence a fairy woman, and you are meant to be with apples often.” I set up a bath ready with apple slices: two slices […]

  10/22/2022 6:17 pm

  bath, beauty, dreams, fairies, fruits, fun, memoir stories, my dreams, my photography, narrative, peeko, relaxation, wellness

• A Little Butterfly

  

  Friday afternoon She saw me struggling to get a portrait so she flew nearer, as if to say: ‘Here, photo me like this, my dear’ and after that, she skipped to another flower nearer, and flew away toward me, as I was still kneeling to stand again, she brushed my face lightly with her wing, […]

  10/07/2022 2:38 pm

  beauty, dialogue, fictional, massachusetts, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, narrative, nature, photo series, poetic, silence

• “Unfinished Proposition”

  Lately I’ve been writing more poems than I can hold out in my hands, but I wouldn’t tear them out of yours either. I’ve really just wanted to model my own clothing and loungewear that I kept maybe no mirrors or photography or even modeling, but, massaging lotion—I tell you again how the collection is […]

  09/12/2022 9:02 am

  drafts, letters, narrative, prose poetry

• 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 […]

  09/10/2022 11:50 am

  art, beauty, flowers, full moon, fun, heavenly, home, lovingkindness, massachusetts, memoir, memoir stories, moon, my photography, narrative, nature, poetic, poetry books, uplifting

• 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

  08/31/2022 2:45 pm

  fairies, gratitude, lovingkindness, meditative, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, narrative, nature, self portraits, wellness

• Vacation Ends Early: A Lesson from a Teacup and a Wild Flower

  

  I picked a vacation week but it will do better next time as I take the start of it more seriously, and I have ended this one a day early; tagging posts, “vacation time” missed the point, along with shuffling ‘round and ‘round every thing of mine online…At one point, my phone fully died at […]

  08/08/2022 7:29 pm

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• “As If I Had Been the Harp Then and the Hidden Music”

  July 30, 2022 by Jade Nicole Beals —for Miss May Ziadeh hear this poem read: You were close to me last night in your compassion and cherishing of me; I felt the feather-soft way your fingers moved through my hair, the shape of your hands familiar and welcome… You placed your face close to mine […]

  07/30/2022 10:57 am

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• …Storybook Yoga with Monet

  

  (Monet and his paintings, 1923, colorized, credit: openculture) After awhile of living and painting many garden lily pond scenes outside his home in France, the artist Claude Monet became enthralled with the ocean. He wanted to paint it as he saw it and would get as close to it as possible with his paintbrush and […]

  07/29/2022 9:24 am

  art history, artists, france, fun, leaving space, monet, narrative, non-fiction, nonfiction books, ocean, philosophy, poetic, taking flight, vacation time, yoga

• “A Chipmunk Welcomes Himself” and “Caught Redhanded”

  July 20, 2022 A Chipmunk Welcomes Himself Sometime a week or two ago, the building door where I live was left open for a quick construction project. I walked in and two neighbors walked in a little bit behind me, the young woman giggled as she noticed a chipmunk who wandered in too, just a […]

  07/20/2022 4:24 pm

  antique, bath, books, boston, fiction, fun, home, memoir, memoir stories, narrative, nonfiction books, scotland, uplifting, writing process, writing theory

• “In the Deep, Unexpected Dark”

  May 18, 2022 In the Deep, Unexpected Dark —for May Ziadeh I cried my tears. I cried your tears on your behalf. I cried in the places where your tears melted and trickled towards mine. I felt your fears and my themes passing through me and on… I looked into your years, and wants, and […]

  07/04/2022 8:00 am

  21st century, angels, art, books, boston, catholic, egypt, fairies, free verse, fruit, garden, gratitude, Kahlil gibran, lebanon, love, lovingkindness, may ziadeh, meditate, meditative, memoir, memoir stories, metta, music, my mystical experiences, my poetry, narrative, narrative poem, nature, philosophy, poetry, poets, spirituality

• A Picture of a Moment in My Life in Words

  We’d recently had the shower/bath tile wall re-grouted. The workers arrive and knock, I open the door, I am probably half their height as I say hi and welcome them in. They step inside to see a giant, fluffy gray cat running away into a back bedroom at top speed, gaining more speed gradually, tripping […]

  06/20/2022 5:22 pm

  art, artists, boston, creative process, creative writing prompt, fairies, fruit, fun, gratitude, home, memoir, memoir stories, narrative, peeko, philosophy, poetic, poets, sketch, uplifting, writing prompt

• Peeko’s Fiction Pick and Photo Shoot

  

  photos Jun 11, ’22 evening I am reading at a slow, meditative pace the novel, Queen Hereafter by Susan Fraser King set in Scotland in 1000 AD. I hadn’t seen many historical fiction novels set at this time or place. My cat Peeko (shown above) does no tricks; he poses his own way in these. […]

  06/12/2022 9:17 am

  21st century, beauty, books, catholic, classical music, creative process, english, english literature, fun, home, interior design, library, love, lovingkindness, medieval era, meditation, meditative, memoir, memoir stories, mindfulness, moon, morningtime, music, my photography, narrative, nature, night, novels, peeko, philosophy, poetic, scotland, soulmates, spirituality, susan fraser king, taize, uplifting

• An Intoxicating Book, A Bird Tries to Break into My Window, and More Recent Life Stories

  

  this flower was scented like strawberry and sugarcane 📰📻📚🌸 Intoxicated by A Book and Some Flowers I’d found a book recently called The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, and I noticed before I read the book that it was scented so beautifully like the beach by the sea and a sweetly potent suntan fragrance…I breathed […]

  06/08/2022 7:08 am

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• Books and Art: Sifting Through for the Best of Rumi, Kahlil Gibran Scare, and My Creative Plan for the Day

  

  I do this too…(I liked finding this illustrated at The Boston Fine Arts Museum, my own photo of this artwork I saw there)…with my silver aluminum water canteen and poetry book, and a rock to sit on. Friday, May 27th, 2022 Sifting Through for the Best of Rumi I think I’d really confused and worked […]

  05/28/2022 7:24 am

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• Shakespeare Gets a Bath

  

  (kind of) I have enjoyed the spa-like activity of lounging my legs and feet in the bathtub with warm water and soaps, not as a relaxation goal but it makes the skin softer and fragrant. In the meantime, I thought I’d bring Shakespeare’s play I got from the library, called Cymbeline, in to read with […]

  05/23/2022 10:29 am

  art, beauty, boston, classics, creative, english, english literature, gratitude, home, inspiring, interior design, library, medieval era, meditation, meditative, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, narrative, plays, poetic, reading, wellness, william shakespeare

• What? He Likes the Way He Looks

  

  “Yeah and?” —Peeko The bathroom door was mostly closed and I’d opened it to behold the above view… (📷photo by Dan his dad). 🐱 … My two full-length poetry books on the coffee table, Moonflower (2018) and A Little Honey Sweetens The Flame (2021). Peeko doesn’t actually endorse anyone’s poetry though. 🐱😎 … Another mystery […]

  05/18/2022 6:53 pm

  a little honey, boston, charlotte bronte, dreams, fairies, gratitude, home, inspiration, inspiring, interior design, literary journals, literary theory, memoir, memoir stories, moonflower, morningtime, my photography, my poetry books, mysteries, narrative, novels, peeko, poetry, poetry books

• A Note Found and a Bookmark and A Great First Art Show

  

  I found this bookmark in a library book I’d taken out and read yesterday, a slim blue copy of literary insight with a little biography of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. From that book, these lines of a poem by Edna I’d not heard of spoke to me most poignantly: The stone the angel rolled […]

  05/17/2022 7:57 pm

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• “Finishing My Sentences”

  If harsh sounds make things loud for now, let them clatter on and off: I wish us safe together within the silk place…palace… * Another prose poem: Who Knew —Jade

  05/10/2022 9:54 pm

  narrative, philosophy, poetic, poetry, prose poetry

• “Who Knew”

  Calm, I knew well, interlocked, entwined with mine. Superior, yet open always…first, that certain pale blue, the expansiveness that is close, contentment…Trust, feel safe with my soul-friend; I’d heard from others you looking down often, none of your little news, and mostly I’ve been looking up since I would look, meet both places, eyes meet […]

  05/10/2022 9:18 pm

  art, fiction, full moon, home, literary salon we keep, moon, morningtime, my mystical experiences, mythology, narrative, nature, philosophy, poetic, poetry, poetry books, prose poetry, sky, soulmate, sun

• A New Pansy Flower, Creative Days, and a Pair of Literary Salon Tuesdays

  

  April 27, 2022 This purple and yellow pansy flower on my balcony was born just today, and I kissed it gently this morning when I woke and saw it there…😘 and again this afternoon. Welcome to the world. 😊💕🍃 And this ‘Birds’ print chair made me smile when I saw it at the furniture store […]

  04/27/2022 7:15 pm

  20th century, 21st century, ameen rihani, art, books, boston, catholic, creative, creative process, edna st. vincent millay, egypt, english, english literature, garden, gratitude, Kahlil gibran, kate chopin, literary salon we keep, maine, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, narrative, nature, nonfiction books, novels, peeko, poetic, poets, reading, spirituality, wellness, writing process

• A Letter to My Missing Sunglasses

  Dear Sunglasses I Lost (Maybe 6 Months Ago), Where did you go? I last saw you near my home—I think I’d put you down by the forest and forgot you there, but I can’t be too sure. The only animal I could think of might’ve taken you was a fox…I’ve never seen a fox, with […]

  04/24/2022 7:18 pm

  21st century, boston, egypt, english literature, free verse, free writing, letters, literary salon we keep, lost things, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, narrative, ode, philosophy, poetic, poetic forms, poets, prose poetry, writing exercise, writing process, writing prompt

• Many a Thing…(A Trip to the Antiques Shop)

  

  Tues. Apr. 12, 2022 photo from Tues., Apr. 5th—“Pants by Peeko 🐱,” a perfectly good hemming this time, Peeko helping on his own when I got the pants ready (just ‘loungewear’, shown in previous post.) He was proud of both the task and his own joke: sitting like this holding the pants in place and […]

  04/12/2022 7:28 pm

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• “A Villanelle for the Times”

  

  You might remember when I was writing a villanelle poem, wanting to try another traditional form, as I’d written my first ghazal at the time and a sonnet, but I didn’t like the draft or that particular form for the idea. I transformed that villanelle into a ghazal, and I was happy with that latest […]

  04/05/2022 3:04 pm

  21st century, boston, english, english literature, fairies, fairytale, french, fruit, garden, ghazal, gratitude, inspiring, kansas, literary salon we keep, magic realism, my photography, mythology, narrative, narrative poem, nature, philosophy, poetic, poetic forms, poetry, poets, sky, villanelle, writing process

• Delighted Like a Teddybear Cat, in Gray, Spa Spring Days

  

  Peeko rests like an elegant, long floppy-armed teddybear and lounges with me during tea time. He loves Spa Days and Spring Celebrations—Day 12 today. I had given myself a pink pedicure and filed my nails last night, chamomile cleansing lotion a nice cooling rinse upon skin/body. I dried my shampooed hair, rinsed under highest pressure […]

  03/31/2022 2:57 pm

  21st century, boston, catholic, fairies, gratitude, herbs, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, narrative, peeko, philosophy, poetic, spirituality, tea, wellness, yoga

• A Mid-Literary Salon Mystery and then the Cats Close This Post

  

  photo by me taken at the Fine Arts Museum, Boston. I liked this porcelain tea set out of the ceramic pottery. No, I cannot afford to buy it! At the Tuesday literary salon hosted at my home often we’ve enjoyed a segment of ”silent reading.” I’d imaginatively considered for fun if the salon host, May […]

  03/31/2022 8:08 am

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• Mysteries and Spa Days

  

  Today is Spring Day Six! And Spa Days at Home continues…I’d combed my hair throughout the day on different occasions and with my fingers…and stood out on the balcony letting the daylight touch my skin. Looking out over the railing, I could see a gathering of water on the ground in the forest on the […]

  03/25/2022 10:46 pm

  18th century, art, books, boston, dance, english literature, france, handmade, italy, memoir, memoir stories, music, my photography, narrative, nature, novels, peeko, poetic, reading, sketch, wellness