Tag: teatime

• P.S. Tomorrow Comes

  

  P.S. Tomorrow comes. This letter I’d received yesterday is a blessing to read even with great struggles it has been awhile that someone has reached in as a friend this way with detail, and I met her years ago as pen-pal friend I’d been just getting to know when major life stress changes happened soon…

  03/15/2023 9:52 am

  art, creative process, friendship, letters, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, my first novel, peeko, teatime

• A Table Ready for the Day and a Poem

  

  My novel draft notebook and the most recent pgs written, printed, to be continued, poetry notebook for initial poetic lines and imagery, my most recent draft of a poem I’ve completed and sent in to a magazine 💚, my fiction notebook came along as loose papers rest on it nicely whether or not I plan…

  02/27/2023 6:20 pm

  beauty, celtic, john o’donohue, love, massachusetts, morningtime, my photography, nonfiction books, persian, poetic, poetry, poets, reading, rest, spirituality, sun, teatime, wisdom, writers, yoga

• Teatime Greeting

  

  It is time for tea! …time for tea 😊🫖🤗 —💕Jade

  02/24/2023 12:03 pm

  comforting, fashion, fun, my photography, self portraits, supportive, teatime, uplifting

• Pine Leaves on a Stem and My Own Family History

  (3.16.23): I asked my mom if she had any photos of my great grandma to send me whose birthday is featured in the post, she will look and I will post any if I do. 🙂 (from my nature book, just started it last week, and so much happier with this new simpler style I…

  02/22/2023 7:11 pm

  antique, beauty, birthdays, books, brooklyn, catholic, celtic, family, friendship, geneology, gratitude, handwritten, heavenly, inspiration, italian, love, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, nature, nyc, poetic, poetry, pressed leaf, soul love, soulmates, spirituality, teatime

• Two Books, a Turtle, a Teapot

  This one is words only, but I will continue with each as they come up My sister Jenna and brother in law Wally gave me birthday gifts: 2 books I’d been wishing for, a fantasy novel by author Melissa Stacy, a book called Mark of the Pterren. I had found her book through my penpal…

  02/20/2023 3:39 pm

  beauty, birthdays, book reflection, books, fairytale, fantasy, gifts, grandma jean, gratitude, healing, home library, love, lovingkindness, melissa stacy, memoir, memoir stories, my birthday, poetic, poetry, teatime, w.b. yeats, writing prompt

• Audio Poetry and a Listening Holiday

  

  (One tea display setup; they can rotate nicely, and I brighten them regularly.) Happy Poetry Listening Day! Let’s hear them! It’s set up like whatever you land on. 💕           A cup of my Rumi tea and a book to read. (I am unsure if this is actually a wine goblet, photo…

  02/14/2023 10:00 am

  a little honey, anna ahkmatova, audio, audio poetry, fun, holidays, literary salon we keep, may ziadeh, my photography, party, poetry, poetry reading, poets, tea, teatime, w.b. yeats

• Sunday Look

  

  I made my new to read books more subtle and blending in with the rest…💕 Starting the day with a special gift in the packaging much anticipated, to be opened and shown. The drum roll feel? I am considering just what I will do with it. 🤔💕💕 ☕️ Also time for tea. 😘 Peeko, me,…

  02/05/2023 2:18 pm

  angels, antique, comforting, fairies, fun, gifts, handmade, home library, love, lovingkindness, may ziadeh, morningtime, my photography, peeko, positivity, quiet, secrets, spirituality, teatime, uplifting

• A Pocket Blank Page Journal: for Leaves and Flowers I May Discover and Press

  

  Set up with it all ready. Tea first, and then the little treasures I’d found (which are hidden in the photo for now.) Don’t worry; I am not drinking the glue. I bought this blank journal and it arrived yesterday, in which this morning I’ve placed flowers or leaves that I’d find and press in…

  01/25/2023 9:39 am

  antique, art, art crafts, boston, britney spears, fairies, gifts, gratitude, handmade, handwritten, home, lovingkindness, massachusetts, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, nature, pressed flowers, teatime, therapeutic

• Morning Tea Party with New Winter Teapot

  

  A new teapot 😊 My novel notebook and pen are on the table to steep in ideas before I write them in…💕 I had been ‘wishing for it’ awhile, marked as a ‘winter and spring’ teapot. 🧚‍♂️ Thanks to my sister Jenna and brother in law Wally! I love that the gifts I received are…

  01/23/2023 3:13 pm

  fairies, gifts, gratitude, holidays, home, inspiration, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my first novel, my photography, relaxation, self portraits, teatime, wellness

• Snowfall during Morning Tea with Handwritten Letters

  

  Morning tea during snowfall, fluffy, twirling snowflakes; my cat Peeko is smiling at his reflection in the tv screen before he reclines for a nap. I sometimes sit in bound angle pose or butterfly pose in yoga, perfect size in this spacious chair, soles of the feet touching together, feels good for the hips, lower…

  01/20/2023 1:19 pm

  art, creative process, english education, english literature, handwritten letters, healing, home, lovingkindness, massachusetts, memoir, morningtime, my first novel, my photography, new york, peeko, poetic, snow, sunrise, teatime, writing theory, yoga

• …*

  

  💕—Jade

  12/14/2022 5:09 pm

  home, lovingkindness, meditation, meditative, my photography, night, photo series, quotes, rest, self portraits, silence, sky, sunset, teatime

• 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…

  11/29/2022 10:42 am

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• So Begins Chapter Two, and Writing Together in Massachusetts

  

  Friday, FEATURED This one is black tea with almond milk, afterwards Another morning of green tea (gyokuru) followed by writing my novel, this time I wrote my draft of Chapter Two, but I feel that this chapter will still continue after the point that I stopped at at 1305 words today when I continue writing…

  11/11/2022 4:44 pm

  bathtime, books, english education, english literature, fantasy, fiction, fun, home, libraries, library, local events, love, massachusetts, memoir, morningtime, my first novel, my photography, novel, self-care, self-reflection, teatime, uplifting, wellness, writer events, writers, writing process

• A Teacup for Me, A Notebook Seen and Soon to Write

  

  I’d learned a lot about antiques, spec. teacups these months, and what to look for…I had a few small mistakes and I wanted just one more… This one showed up on Etsy and I thought, “That looks like a teacup just for me.” It has no cracks, which is necessary to check if you want…

  11/10/2022 7:36 am

  antique, antiques shop, beauty, catholic, heavenly, love, lovingkindness, meditative, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my first novel, my photography, poets, sky, sun, teatime

• Words Arranged, Well, These…

  

  night and almost morningtime (continues) What if this book I am reading could be done and I can close it and move onto a new one? Is it fair I judge the book by the author’s name and opening sentence, if it’s a pen-name too? Only teasing a little, but the novel is just a…

  11/10/2022 5:48 am

  art, drawing, dreams, fantasy, gratitude, memoir, my first novel, my novel, my photography, novels, peeko, philosophy, poetic, poets, psychology, spirituality, teatime

• Tea Party

  

  “Tea Party” graphite pencils on paper, Nov. 7, 2022 by Jade Nicole Beals, signed dated on back.

  11/07/2022 6:12 pm

  art, fun, garden, heavenly, holidays, lovingkindness, morningtime, my drawings, nature, poetic, relaxation, spirituality, sun, surrealism, teatime, uplifting

• Rooted and Winged by Luanne Castle: Standing So Your Familiar Setting Takes Flight with You

  

  The book cover is beautifully done. Today I am joining Luanne Castle on her Book Tour around the blogs, and here is my reflective review of her latest, newly released poetry book, Rooted and Winged. While the title is my own poetic way of describing the poetry book, Rooted and Winged, a favorite line of…

  10/08/2022 5:23 pm

  21st century, book reflection, book review, luanne castle, morningtime, my photography, mythology, poetic, poetry, poetry books, poets, teatime

• A Pocketbook, A Teddybear, A Cup of Tea, An Old Book of Stories, A Paper…

  

  Sept. 21, 2022 (I had a hard time photoing this as she sits more comfortably higher as usual & camera would be too close, but this photo was my best at time) I opened up my pocket sketchbook and viewed my pencil portrait of poet May Ziadeh; this teddybear sitting with me is very sweet;…

  09/21/2022 1:37 am

  art, literary salon we keep, meditation, my photography, teatime, wellness

• Peeko, and What We’re Up To

  

  Update Thurs. 7 am: Peeko is feeling better! 🙂 He ate all of his late dinner and all of his breakfast today. … Today’s ‘one thing or two’ main project picked for the day and that’s all—in bold—among other things I may pick to do: *a fully physical day: yoga—extended hold of each stretch. eating…

  09/10/2022 12:06 pm

  art, beauty, home, love, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, peeko, poetic, relaxation, self-care, self-reflection, teatime, wellness, yoga

• 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

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

  

  August 22, 2022 …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…

  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

• New Fantasy Novel Found at the Bookshop, A New Poem Sent In, The Fun of a Giveaway I Had Not Won

  

  This is the new book I found Uprooted by Naomi Novik at the bookshop last time, by an author of our time, fantasy genre. I picked it based on the cover first and then the line on the cover: ‘enjoyable fantasy with the air of a modern classic.’ I am currently reading the book (Aug.…

  08/17/2022 2:28 pm

  beach, books, boston, creative process, english education, english literature, fairies, fantasy, fun, home, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, mythology, novels, poetry, tea, teatime, writing process

• Two Photos from Today’s First Half of the Day

  

  my new petite antique tea mug, blue forget-me-nots and lavender accents, maybe from 20th century Germany, and my handwritten papers of restorative things I may do. How the sky looked when I was just waking up; it was a momentary blush that really thrilled me enough. Jade

  08/12/2022 12:17 pm

  antique, boston, garden, germany, home, lovingkindness, memoir, morningtime, my photography, photo series, teatime, wellness

• Vacation Ends Early: A Lesson from a Teacup and a Wild Flower

  

  I picked a vacation week but it will do better next time as I take the start of it more seriously, and I have ended this one a day early; tagging posts, “vacation time” missed the point, along with shuffling ‘round and ‘round every thing of mine online…At one point, my phone fully died at…

  08/08/2022 7:29 pm

  antique, creative writing prompt, fun, garden, herbs, memoir, memoir stories, mindfulness, my memoir stories, my photography, narrative, peeko, plays, poets, rumi, tea, teatime

• 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

• Found with a Crown…and Renewing All My Tea Cups

  

  It is morning, 7 am, and meditative teatime is winding down now for me to share your photo for today, from the spontaneous series I’d created yesterday on my walk (in Massachusetts where I live.) This is picture #2: Found with a Crown. This little plant is growing brightly on mulch and in the shade,…

  07/26/2022 7:34 am

  boston, friendship, fun, home, literary salon we keep, love, lovingkindness, meditation, meditative, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, nature, philosophy, spirituality, tea, teatime, uplifting