Tag: scotland

• Islay, Night and Day

  

  “Islay” Night Sept. 29th and Day Sept. 30th drawing pencils on paper Jade

  10/27/2022 10:07 am

  art, morningtime, my drawings, night, scotland, uplifting

• Islay

  “Islay.” graphite pencils on paper in pocketbook, by Jade Nicole Beals, Scotland, Sept. 30, 2022. Islay, night September 29, 2022 —Oct. 27, ‘22 Same drawings, I just took new photos of them from a little further away to view.

  09/30/2022 12:06 pm

  art, beach, relaxation, scotland, sea, silence

• Queen Elizabeth II and a Teatime Afternoon

  

  I’ve enjoyed this teacup for awhile, without knowing anything about the people specifically, but because my grandma in law, Arlene gave it to me, the one who lives in Massachusetts nearby, who’s married to my grandfather in law, Gerry. In a burst of great excitement moving through their dining room, she’d said to me; “You […]

  09/09/2022 2:32 pm

  antique, boston, catholic, england, english education, english literature, full moon, heavenly, history, home, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, scotland, spirituality, tea, teatime, vacation time

• It’s An Old Scottish Custom book review

  

  (feat. photo my cat, Peeko lounging like a classy lion with the book about to be reviewed…) *-.-_o-* + As for symbols, I just am really intrigued with this kind of art; it may just happen… (Post Title art made with symbols) … …now onto the book review of It’s An Old Scottish Custom by […]

  07/29/2022 4:13 pm

  20th century, angelic, art, benevolence, book review, friendship, garden, heavenly, leaving space, love, lovingkindness, my photography, nonfiction books, peeko, poetry, scotland, uplifting, vacation time

• Peeko Writes A Prose Poem…

  

  After seeing this on my laptop no one else here, I had to spend awhile asking other ppl and looking into how Mac laptops work to find out how this could have even been possible…😳😆⌨️ I took this picture of Peeko yesterday—for pure fun, I’d opened a new blank (TextEdit) document file for him (no […]

  07/27/2022 12:07 pm

  fun, literary salon we keep, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, nonfiction books, peeko, prose poetry, scotland

• “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

• Stepping Into a Novel Set in 1000 AD Like I’m In It Already

  

  June 13, 2022 A beautifully unfolding novel I find myself at ease in the place and am amused to find myself sharing so many interests with the characters in this historical novel (set in Scotland about 1000 years earlier than our current time): Queen Hereafter by Susan Fraser King. I share with the characters interests […]

  06/12/2022 6:45 pm

  21st century, angelic, art, australia, beauty, benevolence, books, catholic, classical, classical music, ed sheeran, england, english, english literature, fiction, full moon, garden, inspiration, inspiring, library, love, lovingkindness, medieval era, meditation, missouri, moon, morningtime, music, nature, novels, philosophy, poetic, poetry, poets, reading, scotland, secrets, spirituality, susan fraser king, tea, uplifting, virtue, wellness

• 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

  16th century, 21st century, beach, books, boston, edgar allen poe, edna st. vincent millay, england, english literature, fairies, fiction, fun, garden, greece, home, library, literary salon we keep, longing, love, medieval era, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, narrative, nature, night, novels, peeko, plays, poetic, poetry, poets, reading, rumi, sadness, scotland, sea, susan fraser king, tea, uplifting, william shakespeare, yoga