Tag: uplifting

• Into a Pile of Books Today, I Kind of Just Dove In…

  

  This is Peeko’s back to school photo, ‘tho he should be in focus…He loves literature and poetry, esp. the playful childrens’ rhyme kind. But he also doesn’t have a set class time, and he may walk out when he wants to. Happy to dive into the box and pretend to spook the viewer! I wasn’t […]

  09/26/2022 5:47 pm

  childhood, childrens books, lovingkindness, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, peeko, poetry, silence, uplifting, yoga

• Drawing and Portraits, What Artists Might Like to Draw with

  I love to paint, and I also found that I love to sketch on the go, and draw. Drawing, sketching, and painting all enhance each other and develop different artist skills, while each creates a different artwork or result. I drew May Ziadeh with pencil in my pocket sketchbook…I loved to do that, and I […]

  09/25/2022 8:57 am

  art, artists, creative process, drawing, fun, Kahlil gibran, may ziadeh, portraits, uplifting, wellness

• “The Pinnacle”

  There was a plea from you to forget the scales as the music fell from all around you, and little cue notes drifted into my sleep, like windows in my dreams looking out, and you smiling through you as you know you are the dream come true, the scales returning to the music and world, […]

  09/24/2022 7:58 am

  beauty, benevolence, dreams, friendship, love, love poetry, lovingkindness, music, my dreams, my poetry, philosophy, soulmates, uplifting

• “A Wish in a Spiral”

  It is not the heat of high summer, It’s the morning dropping cool so soon, and she has me see what’s sweet, feel sweet and fun… My heart’s spinning fast and warm again like a little music box that’s just been spun, my eyes and lashes, my nose, and the tiny teardrop shape just above […]

  09/24/2022 7:29 am

  beauty, catholic, lovingkindness, morningtime, my poetry, poetry, spirituality, uplifting

• Three Lessons and No Painting, Yet

  * Three Lessons I Learned Today with Art

  09/15/2022 4:47 pm

  art, creative process, dance, flowers, food, fun, love, marshmello, massachusetts, memoir, music, my photography, pop, pop music, uplifting, wellness

• A Petite Canvas: An Abstract Painting in the Making and Two Other Art Forms Calling

  I am working on a small (9 x 12) canvas for my baby nephew to display in his nursery; today is the second day I am working on it. I’ve felt most drawn to abstract art now, which is a spontaneous art for me, and I found I like it best done with a calm, […]

  09/15/2022 3:27 pm

  abstract, art, creative process, fiction, lovingkindness, memoir, morningtime, short stories, uplifting, writing process

• A Little Treasure I Found

  

  Update: Going fwd, I will include any new contents in a new post for the readers. 🙂 Orig. written September 13, 2022 I found this stuffed toy at a gift shop at a rest stop in Western Massachusetts. My husband noticed the shop looked like it had nice things and we looked around. I saw […]

  09/13/2022 7:27 am

  handmade, home, massachusetts, memoir stories, nature, uplifting

• Nature Plays The Same Notes

  

  After I completed my painting the previous night, this afternoon, Friday, I went out for a celebratory walk in the bright sun. I found nature playing the same notes, blossoming with the colors that inspired my latest painting from imagination: Fresh Strawberries and a Flower Bouquet by the Window. In my art, the mood felt […]

  09/10/2022 8:27 am

  art, beauty, flowers, full moon, fun, heavenly, home, lovingkindness, massachusetts, memoir, memoir stories, moon, my photography, narrative, nature, poetic, poetry books, uplifting

• A Pocket Page: ‘The Pansy’ in Color

  

  Jade

  09/07/2022 6:43 pm

  art, garden, home, literary salon we keep, love, lovingkindness, massachusetts, my drawings, secrets, uplifting

• Poetry Books: Goldenrod and The Book of Love, and More

  

  The title poem of Goldenrod by Maggie Smith reminds me of my time as a very novice student of nature last year. And I’m not purposely or only picking gold-colored things for the blog :), but I won’t outright deny a gold-colored thing for variety either. My brief reflection of the book: Goldenrod by Maggie Smith (2021): […]

  09/07/2022 6:38 pm

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• A Pocket Page, A Pansy

  

  09/04/2022 2:08 pm

  art, boston, flowers, garden, home, love, massachusetts, my sketch, relaxation, rest, secrets, silence, uplifting

• A Paintbrush and a Novel

  I will begin writing my first novel and painting for my next art show I’d like to have, so the blog pace will slow (of course it needs to ;), but the site will be open, about painting and my novel in progress, and more. I will tell you one thing about the novel right […]

  08/30/2022 8:31 pm

  art, creative process, dreams, fantasy, fictional, fun, memoir, my dreams, uplifting, writing process

• 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

• From My Biggest Sketchbook: Presenting…Peeko

  

  He was so pleasantly surprised when I began to sketch him tonight! His mouth slightly opened and he bowed his head too, smiling the whole time, and winked at me dramatically a few times too. (Live) in the moment, no photo—Peeko. Aug. 19, ‘22 Now I will go! and continue using those index cards I […]

  08/19/2022 7:51 pm

  art, fun, love, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, my sketch, peeko, uplifting

• May Ziadeh in MainGate Magazine, a short biography with titles of speeches she gave—and her poetry

  

  My poet friend Hagop Kazazian sent me this article in a magazine from recent times: End Note Comments by me: —I wonder what she said about Columbus discovering America in her first speech at this college; I’d mention him myself often mostly metaphorically… —I believe her brother mentioned here died as a young child and […]

  08/17/2022 2:27 pm

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• Two Photos from the Last Half of Last Night: IKEA Makes It

  

  …on the blog…with surprising beauty…and a whole new look too…Gives a less serious feel to my self, a retreat-like feeling in there and no silent meals either. The chocolate cake dessert tasted like they made a home—baked brownie fully, and then let it hang on its very own hammock in a very hot tropical rainforest […]

  08/12/2022 3:20 pm

  beauty, boston, food, fun, home, interior design, memoir stories, my photography, photo series, uplifting

• 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

• Sunset Stretch

  

  … (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

• 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

• Short Story Complete, Celebrate—Photo 1

  

  I completed my very short story I’d been mentioning (had to be under 800 words) tonight, and it is the first one I’ve liked of mine in a long time. My own prescription: go out for a walk, snap photos— a few tiny scenes just because I felt like it, come back inside, drink water, […]

  07/25/2022 8:02 pm

  memoir, memoir stories, my photography, nature, uplifting, writing process

• A New Start

  It’s 5:04 pm…I begin… * The living-room this morning was a sunlight-theater…I started reading again, wishing to continue the book; Peeko winked at me when I held it up. I think he may like the picture on the cover. *** and I am still beginning 📰😊💕

  07/22/2022 1:31 pm

  english literature, fun, henry james, memoir stories, morning, novels, peeko, uplifting

• May Ziadeh, a Brief Biography

  

  (featuring a photo of May) A brief biography I wrote about the author, May Ziadeh you may have seen written of often on this blog, beginning in May 2021. Author, poet, speaker, literary salon host was b. Feb 11, 1886 as Mary Elias Ziadeh in Nazareth. She later shortened her name to “May” as suggested […]

  07/21/2022 7:47 am

  beauty, biography, catholic, egypt, friendship, Kahlil gibran, lebanon, letters, literary salon we keep, love, may ziadeh, Mental health awareness month, psychology, spirituality, uplifting, wellness

• “A Chipmunk Welcomes Himself” and “Caught Redhanded”

  July 20, 2022 (revised July 29th) 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 […]

  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

• Greetings from a Fairytale Cat

  

  This is a cat, but he prefers best to be called a Bunny…Pup…Dog…or Dawg. And he really loves morning teatime… ☀️☕️🫖🧚‍♂️. 📖📚 May your day be grand. 😘 🐱🐾Your very own, —Peeko

  07/18/2022 1:21 pm

  fairies, fun, home, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, peeko, tea, uplifting

• What Grew There

  

  What grew from past pain, watered with my tears and compassion, now found swinging in the morning breeze: these. * Called “Bittersweet,” these flowers are highly toxic, not to eat, ✔️and even still, they are so beautiful. … By looking up at the shapes of the leaves on the trees, I’d found the place was […]

  07/15/2022 7:38 am

  beauty, benevolence, garden, haiga, hope, love, lovingkindness, morningtime, my photography, poetic, short poetry, sky, uplifting