This is a photo of the Italian composer Boccherini and part of my Chamber Classical Music Playlist and Music for May. I was delighted to see we share a birthday on February 19! But his is 1743. I loved his chamber music (music for a small room) like his flute quintets, and that is a…… Continue reading Felt the Nudge of Intuition and Looked On To Find Some Great Discoveries in My Life
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My Blog Show
I just decided to turn my camera on and filmed this video, 30 minutes. đđ¤đâď¸ My 1st Blog Show: Fri., 9/10/21 âHome, Hair, Intuition, and Artâ Blush of Dawn https://youtu.be/yfej8DOXIi8 Link: https://youtu.be/yfej8DOXIi8 Note: It is actually âpure coconut oil’ in a cream form. You can leave it on your head for hours or overnight and…… Continue reading My Blog Show
The Little Pieces of Wisdom I Treasure Which May Be Made of Tissue Paper
Why would I need great wealth when the library is so much fun? Let me have a few clothes hangers to detangle after a just neatened closet wardrobe. Let me find the empty clothes hangers taking up extra room one by one, and then set them apart one by one, and close the doorâŚgo out…… Continue reading The Little Pieces of Wisdom I Treasure Which May Be Made of Tissue Paper
The Queenâs Full MoonâŚFrom a Fairy of the East Coast to Bring Some Fun When a Stormâs AâComing
Morning note included Science Experiment Conclusion: My hypothesis was wrong; it actually is harder to hold a strength pose while someoneâs yelling obscene insults, even if itâs just Nicki Minaj artistically in a song. (Glad for the wall đ)But I can still practice seated poses and relaxation in the meanwhile, âtho other songs of hers…… Continue reading The Queenâs Full MoonâŚFrom a Fairy of the East Coast to Bring Some Fun When a Stormâs AâComing
Introducing My Mom, Joanie Rose
These are photos of her from these recent months. You might have met my mom first in my poetryâNo, she wasnât the mom in âA Daughter Saysâ in Moonflower (2018), that poemâs situation was fictional, but she was very featured in âRenaissanceâ, the opening poem in my latest poetry book, published this Mar. 2021 A…… Continue reading Introducing My Mom, Joanie Rose
A Capricorn Moon upon Gibran
Yesterdayâs middle post, âClouds and a Light DrizzleâŚâ linked at the end, has now been fixed to show featured image. I donât think Gibran has had an actual moon on the blog, and unplanned by me the Lebanese Pitas were requested again, and I cooked the dinner again falling on the Capricorn moon of Gibranâs…… Continue reading A Capricorn Moon upon Gibran
Another Word on Another Herb, and More
I have aimed to not write too many posts in one day for readersâ enjoyment, but will write a second if itâs a sort of timely occasion like this. And Iâll tell myself, âPut the blog downâ and I do. âşď¸ I was glad when Dan came home today and mentioned heâd not gone to…… Continue reading Another Word on Another Herb, and More
Two Translations of Poems Written by the Dearest Author May Ziadeh
My translations of two poems Iâd been working progressively to complete; finished these full poems from her first book Fleurs de RĂŞve. TO MISS C. Your eyes are so beautiful, my dear beauty, That their gaze is torturous; I love your name and I spell it Your murmuring flood of a name. I am dark…… Continue reading Two Translations of Poems Written by the Dearest Author May Ziadeh
Morning in Boston, Night in Australia, A Multi-National Online Poetry Reading
It was a memorable poetry reading I co-hosted today âFrom Boston to Ozâ with my long-time poet online friend from Adelaide, Australia, Deb Stewart who had the idea for the event and invited me. đđ And yes that was a book of hers on my shelf Slow Notes, a beautiful white & green poetry book…… Continue reading Morning in Boston, Night in Australia, A Multi-National Online Poetry Reading
A Short Story by May Ziadeh Read Today
Feel free to scroll down to the short story in bold. Somehow Iâd been looking at old posts and happened to come across a post in which Iâd shared an article in a periodical Iâd found written by May Ziadeh as I was moving through translating her first book of poems, Flowers of a Dream.…… Continue reading A Short Story by May Ziadeh Read Today
Galilean Lullaby
As Iâve been adding songs to a playlist titled âMusic for May,â as in the author May Ziadeh, the list has 74 songs currently, so freely found among ones Iâd already known and a few new ones. I also found Chopin mentioned in her poetry book Flowers of a Dream and felt sheâd probably liked…… Continue reading Galilean Lullaby
Tiny Sure Buds and Snow-flowers, Small But Meaningful Changes
late afternoon yesterday This Sunday, Iâll be attending as a guest and also reading a poem of my own for the first time online at an art and poetry event. I had done maybe a few Open Mics at Brooklyn College when I was a student there and at the time I preferred much more…… Continue reading Tiny Sure Buds and Snow-flowers, Small But Meaningful Changes
An Unexpected August Adventure, A Fairy Mightâve Just Wandered In
Aug. 4, â21 This is a very rich true story and no more length will be added to the blog for a little while. I took the bus late afternoon today to have my eyebrows threaded and on the way I noticed the open door of a small performing arts theater I hadnât remembered seeing…… Continue reading An Unexpected August Adventure, A Fairy Mightâve Just Wandered In
A Voice, Its Tone, Beauty Without a Case
A note just added as P.S. at 9:23 am after the âgood morningâ glass picture. Words that hurt are not always an insult; they can be a cry from someone who is frustrated with the lack of real acknowledgment that something is wrong. But the other person may only choose to hear an insult to…… Continue reading A Voice, Its Tone, Beauty Without a Case
Coming Right Up After The Faery Queene I, One Cup of A Surprisingly Good Hemingway
The little green one hundred year old book on the right is the book Iâve just read last and reviewed recently on this blog, The Faery Queene I by Edmund Spenser. I read his apologetic humble note about the book in the introduction after Iâd completed my review and it made me feel that maybe…… Continue reading Coming Right Up After The Faery Queene I, One Cup of A Surprisingly Good Hemingway
A Late July Saturday Walk in Boston
So many roses to admire in the evening cool⌠Boston Public Garden * For some time these days, 80s music has been on a mission to lift your life to peaceful heights as you can see in this video I took of a drummer street performer by the harbor in Boston this past Saturday. https://youtu.be/irbnbPg2lWw…… Continue reading A Late July Saturday Walk in Boston
The Faery Queene Book I, My Reflective Review
Itâs been a nice afternoon moment of rest with a cup of rose tea & reaching the end of this book today⌠An epic poem written in the 1500s by the English author Edmund Spenser which contains a nice blend of sometimes âopposingâ beliefs or folk cultures. Itâs written in Early Modern English and reading…… Continue reading The Faery Queene Book I, My Reflective Review
A Sea-Air Song for the Morning
Both cups are for me. I like these cute little cups at times with about this amount of tea. I am much closer now to the end of the epic poem The Faery Queene (Book I) by Edmund Spenser and wrote something a very different sort of epic myself in yesterdayâs post âPop Music Face-Off.â…… Continue reading A Sea-Air Song for the Morning
Five Quotes from the Past That Feel True Now
I came across these in Google when I was looking for quotes during a moment of rest hours after Iâd posted the photo and my words in the first post. There is so much that resonates with me in these in my own life and past. First quotes are by May Ziadeh đ When the…… Continue reading Five Quotes from the Past That Feel True Now
