Tag: relaxation
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Listening to Poems I Wrote Together
Peeko is listening to my audio poem recordings on the speaker…😊💗💕and then his Dad came in and snapped a photo of the scene 📸 …having a relaxing night of reflection and gratitude, looking forward to tomorrow’s gifts to enjoy, hope you are having a good week… 💕—Jade
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A Poetry Reading: Four Recent Poems I Wrote and Read Aloud
For relaxation and winding down before bed or anytime, or just to listen to poetry spoken, I have read aloud a few prose poems I wrote over the span of a few months. You can listen to me read them, the links show the text of each poem, and the third I’d reread is a […]
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Vacation
Peeko listening to a naptime story rest, sit, meditate, paint a little, walk. look at the sky, draw, notice scenery, sketch a scene, yoga stretch, continue to eat tangerines, tomatoes, drink green tea, make scrambled eggs with baby spinach, dinner meals. See how many cups of water I am actually drinking in the day, dawned […]
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Peeko’s Paws Pressed Together, a Prayerful Expression with Compassion for a Fellow Rhyme-Loving Cat across the Country
Peeko loves praying with me, and he was interested in the rosary prayer today as he napped. Peeko has been rested now in a more private, less time on camera living, as one of my new year’s resolutions is to take fewer photos of Peeko, as he prefers more time relaxed in the moment. He […]
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Lounging in My Library, Listening to the Rain…
—A butterscotch creme brulee hair tie. Happy New Year! —💕Jade
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Best Bath Tips for Relaxation and Favorite Spa Fruit (with photos)
For the new year…treat yourself extra good, especially if you are, for example, an artist, and no one but you may let you know it is time for your vacation…now 🙂 I recommend no phone in the bath though, this was an exception. 🙂 Cucumber slices for eyes, a few moments, eat a few, let […]
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About the Lines You May Edit out of Your Poems
—💕your very own, Peeko Part of revising a poem is often taking out lines that seem like they don’t belong. In a recent poem I’d completed, I’d taken out a whole stanza that involved wrapping the recipient or subject of the poem in a blanket…It was a comfy idea, but really felt out of place, […]
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A Leaf Composition
a sketch from imagination, arranging leaves for abstract practice, pocket book December 29, 2022. 💕—Jade
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Ideas for the Bath
Baths are wonderful and may invigorate aching muscles, but if you have sensitive skin and in general, a bath should be quick and warm (not hot) as in 5 – 10 mins. It is best to clean the tub quickly before you go in, and to rinse off after quickly in the shower. This is […]
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Long Car Ride, I Am Reading Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
😊💓and I don’t even know the year of publication yet of this book! On the way to Western MA, to a railway. 😊🎄🚃 After I threw all my books off the shelf gently and arranged them, I picked a reread and I am reading Louisa May Alcott’s Little Men. I loved her Little Women book […]
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Care Cat, Teddie, and the Moon and Stars Pocket
…🐱Peeko and 🧸Teddie, ‘This is a very serious meeting’ a highly confidential meeting at the coffee table. 🙂 Peeko looks like he is trying to copy Teddie’s stance, and with his own classic ‘Peeko pout’ for effect. You might have read about my wellness replenishment index cards post I wrote, for artists or anyone who […]
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One Question
—What do you enjoy besides painting or writing or the fine arts? One thing: I really like fashion; I will need to find an outfit for a “Glam Christmas party” I received an invite to, and casual fashion is fashion too; I’d not heard of an event like that. But I like it. I got […]
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A ‘Lost’ Recipe Found and Made for Dinner, Delicious
(my photo) I am not an 👩🍳official chef, but I cook plenty, and I made this Armenian-Lebanese dinner tonight. I am happy with the creativity you can find in cooking and wanted to share some. I’d heard of this meal sometime ago on a list, a rare or forgotten Armenian-Lebanese dinner recipe…It involves lightly stir-fried […]
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“Resonance”
by Jade Nicole Beals How do I word this: I want to enjoy a dessert that has not yet existed. I want to kiss as a practice. If you wish to. How did I find this video again? I practice the dance; I must try it again. I go to the mall to buy a […]
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A Day in Pictures: A Creative Literary Morning
morning sencha tea, dreaming eyes, letting light into my eyes and face, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847) for later on. after tea, may read Jane Eyre: I partly lived inside this book in my current life and did not remember that?😅 my novel printed draft so far, first 6 pgs, 3000 words, and handwritten […]
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1…2….3…4! Literary Salons Today, Tuesday
November 29, 2022 …And this cat is ready for nighttime relaxation; he picks and chooses where and what he will attend and what he will read…at home…We await his full results from the vet to receive this week; he seems contented and eating well. *** A Tip For Book Lovers who Like Baths: If you […]
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So Relaxing
I completed my latest drawing this evening! “So Relaxing” by Jade Nicole Beals, Nov. 26, 2022, graphite pencils on paper, surreal still life imagined. You may notice different things: a bowl of cereal with a spoon, a checkered scarf or throw blanket, a fluffed bedtime pillow, throw pillow, a small throw rug, a pot of […]
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Re: Deleted Posts, Dear Reader
I was reading after dark last night by my library window, lamplight, I started with this nursery rhyme of my own… ‘I sit quietly in this chair, I will comb through my hair, and I will read Jane Eyre.’ I am sorry for these pretty hastily deleted posts; I remind myself writing is free, and in […]
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Where?
I am seeing time moving forward in days, weeks, and months, rather than as a single day with few hours, so I just keep writing my novel as much as I would like to each week, and time continues replenishing on its own… That leaves me at 2928 words to rest the whole weekend, a […]
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My First Novel in Progress, Finding the Genre and Audience: YA Fantasy, and On ‘Point of View’
November 15, 2022, night I feel like I have more info now that my story completed could fit into the popular Fantasy genre for Young Adults. I wrote about 200 words tonight typed, and I am going to rest awhile at 2328 words total. 🙂 I read my typed draft, then I wrote at the […]
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A List of Art and Writing, Plans, Dreams, and Hopes while Currently Sitting
* I hope my hair will continue to grow a little longer; I am mindful of the ends now, and gentle detangling, comb and brush. * I am content sitting now, my feet don’t touch the floor but freely I swing them up, can stretch and flex them well like this, posture is great with […]