Tag: new england

• Self Portrait Reclining in the Sun

  

  01/24/2023 12:05 pm

  creativity, fun, interior design, literary salon we keep, my photography, mysteries, mythology, new england, photo series, poetic, relaxation, retreat, self portraits, sun

• Poet Keith Waldrop, Postmodern poems, Fantasy and Modern Art

  

  (this photo is from last year around this time; ‘my poetry cat’ Peeko was very pleased with this book.) Like poet Christina Rossetti, I found poet Keith Waldrop’s latest poetry book, Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy last year just discovered by me on the poetry shelf at the Foxboro Library; I was delighted to find out […]

  12/12/2022 3:07 pm

  avante garde, birthdays, book reflection, book review, english education, english literature, fantasy, keith waldrop, library, minimalism, new england, peeko, poetry books, poets, postmoderm, rhode island

• A Poem by Emily Dickinson for Her Birthday

  

  Oh no, I did not realize poet Emily Dickinson’s birthday was on December 10, Happy Belated Birthday, Emily! 192 years. And she was born nearby in Amherst, Massachusetts. a poem by Emily Dickinson Birthday of but a single pang That there are less to come — Afflictive is the Adjective But affluent the doom — […]

  12/12/2022 8:47 am

  19th century, birthdays, emily dickinson, english education, english literature, massachusetts, new england, poetry, poetry books, poets

• Family Pictures

  

  me with my in law relatives!, my very dear Grampie, with his grandchildren! (That includes my husband Dan in green, his brother Chad, and My grandfather Gerry’s other two grandsons. The two cousins are twins you may notice; I’d not seen them in yrs and I named them each right away.) Beals family photo. and […]

  11/24/2022 10:12 pm

  fun, gratitude, holidays, home, love, lovingkindness, massachusetts, new england, portraits, uplifting

• ‘Victorians’ Learning, Peeko’s Window Throne, and Calming Things

  

  *reading from a poem video now included* My cat Peeko was very impressed with the cover of this book Victorians as I learn a little with historical research, and I think I know which topic I’ll look for next, but I will browse the books next in person. (I’m in the ’collecting and gathering’ stage […]

  06/30/2022 9:36 am

  australia, beauty, boston, creative process, edna st. vincent millay, england, home, literary salon we keep, may ziadeh, meditative, memoir, memoir stories, moon, my photography, new england, peeko, philosophy, poets, wellness, yoga

• A Dream from This…

  

  I begin my dream I will hope to fall into, with the scent of the beach soothing me, surprising, such sweet suntan lotion warmed by the sun by my hands, in a book I’d found, softcover… and step into this photo I took tonight, the simplicity of night, white flowers, like jasmine flowers, the evening […]

  05/26/2022 8:33 pm

  boston, creative, dreams, garden, gratitude, love, lovingkindness, meditate, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, my dreams, nature, new england, poetic, poets, prose poetry, spirituality

• My Art Show Weekend: May 13th – 15th

  

  Announcement: 🎨I will be the featured artist for the weekend of Fri. May 13th, Sat. May 14th, and Sun. May 15th where some of my original paintings, a selection of my recent work, will be on display at The Artist’s Studio and Gallery in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Each painting of mine will be available to purchase […]

  05/03/2022 12:08 pm

  21st century, abstract, abstract expressionism, art, art events, artists, boston, expressionism, garden, my paintings, nature, new england

• II. For Lingering with the Blossoms’ Fruits and Natural Honey

  

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  04/16/2022 7:14 am

  21st century, boston, catholic, english literature, garden, gratitude, home, interior design, longfellow, maine, memoir, memoir stories, morning, my photography, nature, new england, philosophy, photo series, poetic, poetics, poetry, poetry books, poetry month, poets, prose poetry, sky, spirituality, tea

• Morning Tea in Honor of My Grandma on Her Birthday, New Flowers and Poetry

  

  *** Flowers found and brought home this weekend from local garden shop, purple pansies and white fragrant climbing blossoms scented with a little more honey than florally; I received care directions from the garden staff for this potted variety…I will find out the fragrant one’s name today, flowers in time for spring and my grandma’s […]

  04/04/2022 9:04 am

  20th century, 21st century, birthday, books, boston, brooklyn, catholic, english literature, food, garden, grandma jean, gratitude, italian, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, nature, new england, novels, poetic, poetry, poets, reading, sky, sun, tea

• My Own Home Design: A Place to Create Art and Rest

  The library corner…complete! With Monet’s “Flower Beds” painting on canvas displayed by my reading chair. … I didn’t think this book would be laugh out loud funny, but I am still smiling when I think of a certain little story—Monet getting cranky with his own art failures and one day hiring cooks to make him […]

  02/23/2022 11:28 am

  20th century, angels, art, books, boston, creative process, finances, garden, home, impressionism, interior design, library, massachusetts, memoir stories, monet, moon, morningtime, my photography, narrative, nature, new england, nonfiction books, ocean, peeko, reading, van gogh, wellness, writing process