Tag: self portraits

• Wednesday

  

  They forgot the harp, but I played the music anyway…:)

  09/29/2022 12:06 pm

  fun, music, my photography, self portraits

• A Self-Portrait & Writing by Hand

  

  Updates throughout, covers through Friday :D. Wednesday, and Virginia Woolf served so many cups of tea written into the short story collection Monday or Tuesday that there’s no desire left for another cup of tea for me today. From that particular set of stories, I really liked “The String Quartet” and “Kew Gardens.” Yesterday I […]

  09/29/2022 12:06 pm

  art, writing process, tea, my photography, memoir stories, virginia woolf, short stories, self portraits, secrets, fun, writers, decor

• 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

• La Salette Shrine and Retreat Center: Talk…—and Sketch

  

  …And now it’s tomorrow, and I have two little true life stories to tell. But first, this is the setting where I am now as I tell them: I’ve just finished all of my green tea this morning from this little mug that I was going to rinse in the kitchen when I noticed how […]

  08/22/2022 9:21 am

  art, beauty, books, boston, catholic, fairies, fun, garden, gratitude, heavenly, home, lovingkindness, may ziadeh, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, my sketch, nature, peeko, philosophy, self portraits, spirituality, teatime, uplifting, video, virtue, wellness

• :*

  

  A yellow gold white gold rope chain, 💕💕from Dan, with one of my favorite pendants & my other favorite amethyst hearts (my birthstone) from Dan from 10 yrs ago I can wear. I’d lost my jewelry in a pockets display I’d had for many years that had ripped and jewelry got lost in the new-made […]

  08/19/2022 2:32 pm

  birthdays, fashion, gratitude, heavenly, love, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, self portraits

• Soft Gaze, Highway Pace

  

  So much to say; words are only one way.

  08/14/2022 6:35 pm

  leaving space, lovingkindness, my photography, poetic, self portraits, sun

• Intermission

  

  During these heatwave days, I had some fun moments with these mirrors. Was not here to work out, but my favs are yoga and dance. … Please Follow Blush of Dawn at the end of the page if you’d like to be notified of post updates as this Journal continues, Jade painter, artist, poet, and […]

  08/07/2022 11:36 am

  artists, fairies, fashion, home, leaving space, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, poets, self portraits, taking flight, vacation time

• Interlude

  

  —This tree is a blue spruce.

  08/04/2022 11:35 am

  boston, home, leaving space, lebanon, lovingkindness, my photography, self portraits, taking flight, vacation time

• Wind-flown

  

  I learned a new word, I think it was wind-sewn; or maybe wind-sown?, or even wind-turned, and I am all windswept or windblown along with these flowers. I don’t know; I like them all anyway…the little red flowers and leaflets and versions of this word… As for the pieces of my novel in progress and […]

  08/01/2022 1:23 pm

  boston, friendship, garden, home, leaving space, literary salon we keep, lovingkindness, meditative, memoir, memoir stories, metta, mindfulness, my photography, poetic, self portraits, soulmates, taking flight, vacation time

• Traffic Jam

  

  make a fairytale fairy life… …golden hour…traffic- jam-time…(not driving) fairy lights… keepsakes *o ( in a locket ) .-***’m•* … Symbol art may happen on blog; sometimes in bold.*

  07/30/2022 1:08 pm

  art, love, my photography, night, poetic, self portraits, soulmates, vacation time

• My Teacups on Display—Yoga with Monet…

  

  The second shelf center cup just arrived yesterday…it gleams so purely on display. I’d looked to find another antique-style cup after my favorite cup I accidentally dropped into the kitchen sink the other day and it broke in half, felt a deep tug of my heart when that happened ’cause I’d loved it, ‘tho no […]

  07/29/2022 9:10 am

  art history, artists, boston, fairies, faith, home, leaving space, lovingkindness, meditative, memoir stories, monet, my photography, self portraits, soulmates, taking flight, tea, teatime, vacation time, yoga

• In the Light as it was Falling

  

  … (prose poem, to go along with photos, this one’s in a ’list style’) …Closing the day this way. Morning: I brightened every teacup. Unexpected guests arrived on time: one plumber, two plumbers, three plumbers…all day, fully revitalizing the hot water tank…and the literary salon goes on, and then another tea, dinner cooked and enjoyed […]

  07/28/2022 12:39 pm

  angelic, creative writing prompt, fairies, heavenly, leaving space, lovingkindness, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, peeko, poetic, prose poetry, self portraits, taking flight, uplifting, vacation time, writing prompt, yoga

• As I Was Thinking About the Beginning…

  

  …of the very short story I am beginning to write, I’d found what may be the ending to it, and then I added to that line, and sat here with it in mind.

  07/22/2022 4:01 pm

  creative process, creative writing, dreams, handwritten letters, letters, lovingkindness, meditative, my photography, self portraits

• Because I’d Been Wishing for Your Happiness and Love

  

  (I’d wanted to rewrite this as if in the moment and my words with the pictures) On September 26, 2021, I wished through faith for your all your past pain and any present, to be sent into the earth and be transformed into something beautiful, so it wouldn’t burden you anymore. I felt this place […]

  07/03/2022 1:10 pm

  heavenly, lovingkindness, meditative, memoir stories, my photography, nature, photo series, poetic, prose poetry, self portraits, sky, sun, yoga

• Meeting My Nephew who Loves Stories and the Books I’ve Found to Read Myself

  July 2, 2022 8:32 pm (with my sister, my nephew Jordan, and their dog Isabella) I got to meet my nephew today! He’s 4 months old and has already read (heard) so many books! (I’d told him, ‘Me too.’) He goes to the library for story-time and already dances too, and sings sometimes. So he […]

  07/02/2022 8:32 pm

  books, christina rossetti, ed sheeran, fun, henry james, library, memoir, memoir stories, new york city, novels, poets, reading, rest, self portraits

• 1.

  

  *As for these evolving post titles, I’d not realized ‘til now just how fun and creative symbols can be, and that I can use them, but I now realize I like them best as occasional titles for word posts.

  07/01/2022 8:35 pm

  lovingkindness, meditative, my photography, night, self portraits

• 2.

  

  Sorry, I was not aware of the car 😊💕 A necessary part of the composition.

  07/01/2022 6:35 am

  lovingkindness, meditative, my photography, night, self portraits

• I Stood by the Window…

  

  Jun. 24, 2022 I stood by the window the light behind me, warm, rosy-plum shadows draped over me; you stood to face me as I looked up and looked in deeply. I stepped a little back this way, my Love, so that you could shine most brightly.

  06/29/2022 8:03 am

  angelic, apostrophe, artists, heavenly, love, lovingkindness, meditative, my photography, philosophy, poetic, poetry, poets, prose poetry, self portraits, soulmates, spirituality, virtue

• Partly in Heaven

  

  June 24, 2022 late evening, night begins

  06/29/2022 6:33 am

  antique, balcony, benevolence, catholic, heavenly, inspiring, lounge, love, lovingkindness, memoir, my photography, night, poetic, self portraits, soulmates, spirituality

• Not My Door, But I Got My Classic and My Bright Bookmark

  

  I finished reading Villette by Charlotte Bronte (1853) last night, felt I could remain within its mists even after the book ended, a ponderous read that I feel safe within… I took these photos on the spot yesterday early afternoon walking around after reading, was still in the middle of Villette. 📷 … Not My […]

  05/21/2022 8:30 am

  19th century, angels, artists, beauty, boston, charlotte bronte, classics, creativity, fairies, gratitude, meditate, meditative, music, my photography, nature, not my door series, poets, pop music, reggae, self portraits, sky, spirituality, sun

• I. For Blossoming

  

  04/15/2022 1:43 pm

  21st century, boston, catholic, garden, gratitude, handmade, meditate, meditation, my photography, nature, photo series, poetic, poets, self portraits, spirituality, sun, wellness, yoga

• Spa Time at Home and a Couple of Phrases to Mend

  

  Feb. 11, ’22, needs improvement 🙂 March 22, ’22 I have taken out my newly-written ghazal poem (on my laptop) ‘tho I’d first thought it might still be too hot to my touch but it wasn’t and was ready to read. Reading it aloud I can see it is almost complete, but just one line […]

  03/22/2022 7:57 pm

  book reflection, books, boston, english literature, frances hodgson burnett, ghazal, home, inspiring, literary salon we keep, meditate, narrative, novels, poetic, poetic forms, poetry, poetry three, reading, self portraits, sky, wellness, writing process, yoga

• The Sky Full of Blush with a Very Golden Moon

  

  We had a silent literary salon today—we looked at the sky: through the window, I noticed just how the two pines are entwined and that there are three different greens, one much like the very feathery white-green of winter, and we read📕O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. That’s the evening sky above, with sufficient blush, and […]

  02/15/2022 8:22 pm

  full moon, literary salon we keep, meditate, moon, my photography, novels, poetic, reading, self portraits, sky, wellness, yoga

• Author and Poet, May Ziadeh’s Birthday

  

  Happy birthday, Mai! 😊💕136 never looked so good! (…and that is earth years.) 😊🎊 b. Feb. 11, 1886 in Nazareth, lived in Egypt and Lebanon, d. Oct. 17, 1941 in Cairo. May Elias Ziadeh was a writer and editor, author of poetry, biographies and fiction, knew nine languages, was a speaker, translator, and tutor, and […]

  02/11/2022 4:27 pm

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• The Yoga Pose I Was Thinking Of

  

  (Year of the) Tiger pose 😊🧘‍♀️💞 * …Re: Last Night’s Dream I Had About Yoga

  02/05/2022 3:54 pm

  home, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, nature, self portraits, wellness, yoga