tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73947277720016599722024-03-05T11:17:52.318-08:00AmuseandmuseJeanie Greensfelder: Photos, stories, poems and psychological ideas to ponder-- life on the Central Coast of California from Big Sur to Morro Bay to San Luis Obispo. View my poetry page at <a href="http://slocoastjournal.com/docs/geniespocket.html">SLO COAST JOURNAL</a>Jeanie Greensfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404371605987209564noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394727772001659972.post-63919409456021075312014-07-20T21:43:00.001-07:002014-07-20T21:43:35.100-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jeanie Greensfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404371605987209564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394727772001659972.post-70516233287133930112013-10-04T22:08:00.004-07:002013-10-04T22:08:44.094-07:00Hear me read poems from Biting the Apple on Dave Congalton's show, Oct 3, 2013<br />
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http://edbroadcasters.com/podcasts/congalton/10-03-13.mp3Jeanie Greensfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404371605987209564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394727772001659972.post-80839201705928654342013-03-13T20:02:00.000-07:002013-03-13T20:30:30.336-07:00Biting The Apple<h2>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: anonymous-pro-1, anonymous-pro-2, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">In preparing childhood poems for a chapbook, I saw </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: anonymous-pro-1, anonymous-pro-2, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">the arc of my life, a self becoming a self. The poem "Twelve Years Old, 1952" ends with my biting an apple. All of us leave the garden of innocence and I wanted to </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: anonymous-pro-1, anonymous-pro-2, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">share my journey.</span></span></div>
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The poems emerged randomly over several years.</div>
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I've written fiction and essays, and became passionate about writing poems because they keep me present and alert to my life and satisfy me. I was delighted when they came together as a book I didn't realize I was writing. </div>
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Penciled In published my book in December 2012. It's available at penciledin.com and at Amazon.</div>
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I'll let a reader, Ivon B. Blum say it for me: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>Jeanie's poems may start in her bright, nimble mind but all are gently filtered through her loving, caring heart. These poems are a joy to read and screen through one's own emotional core. Not just a one-time read. A lifetime keeper.</i></span></div>
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Jeanie Greensfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404371605987209564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394727772001659972.post-82368394712777199812010-10-10T14:46:00.000-07:002010-10-10T14:46:36.542-07:00MAKING A SEGUE TO A SEGWAY!Segue to Segway<br />
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leaning forward to go<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Seventy- <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">year-old roots <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">uprooted a<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">foundation,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">so a regal <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">redwood<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">got trimmed <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">into a tall <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">toothpick,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">then logged<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">to leave it <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">and onlookers<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">stumped.<o:p></o:p></div><!--EndFragment--> </div>Jeanie Greensfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404371605987209564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394727772001659972.post-920728850433885482010-06-30T21:14:00.000-07:002010-07-20T21:37:25.302-07:00CALIFORNIA MARIGOLDS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvwebBeOUwTIqw9mu-DBBgbhkVnAGaZTk3nFusioKFZELr19xIjQhOjCeWN8HxX6rJGuSpY_yNvG9Nd8WtcWLnKhxE4-auvpihCDvxA5NMWqG4TjUlUds1j-6BZUz1haM4hrWjlO2Feg/s1600/IMG_3736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvwebBeOUwTIqw9mu-DBBgbhkVnAGaZTk3nFusioKFZELr19xIjQhOjCeWN8HxX6rJGuSpY_yNvG9Nd8WtcWLnKhxE4-auvpihCDvxA5NMWqG4TjUlUds1j-6BZUz1haM4hrWjlO2Feg/s400/IMG_3736.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Flowers once offered as coins to the Virgin)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Driving down the highway<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">an orange line on the horizon<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">becomes a field of marigolds,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">rows and rows of blooms<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">planted to parent blossoms<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">around the world.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">And now in June they create</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">a California gold rush.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a promenade in downtown Dublin<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a sorcerer stirs sticks and string in suds--<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bubbles wobble forth, but burst.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A girl chases one after another,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">giggles, jumps, reaches—<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">rapt in wonder.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It’s spring! Time to nurture energy and imagination for new projects. Get acquainted with your Muse. When I first learned of Muses, the nine Greek sister goddesses who inspire creativity, I wanted one and thought they only visited brilliant people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We can cultivate and access our Muse. Isabelle Allende has rituals that she follows. Annually, she starts a new book on the day she began a letter to her dying grandfather because that letter turned into her first novel, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">House of Spirits</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elizabeth Gilbert, author of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eat, Love and Pray</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> discusses the history of muses and genies at </span><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> In order to access her muse Gilbert shows up and, like a mule, works. By doing her part the creative spirit is more likely to arrive.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Moors chanted Allah and praised God when they observed a transcendent performance. In Spain the name Allah morphed to Olé, a shout for an outstanding moment during a flamenco dance, a bullfight or other achievement.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now Gilbert shouts Olé after she and her Muse have a successful collaboration. She also believes we deserve Olé for just showing up and working.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To nurture your muse, you might ask her name, get to know what she likes: flowers, candles, silence, music or a bustling café atmosphere. Try a meditative conversation with her, describe what you need. Once she’s activated on a venture, new ideas could pop into your brain day or night. Carry pencil and paper. Inviting and writing dreams can be very productive.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Muses enjoy being invoked and appreciated. They also like to a-muse, so have fun!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div>Jeanie Greensfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404371605987209564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394727772001659972.post-27809350871071841762010-04-21T22:19:00.000-07:002010-04-22T15:32:32.464-07:00Musing on Morro Bay, a Fishing Village<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're so lucky to have an active fishing village as exotic as Portofino...so many peculiar boats. One man lives on one with a cat and dog. Three local boats are manned by Chinese who can be seen with chop sticks eating their prepared rice and hot wok dish. Other days they bait hooks for line fishing and then are gone overnight bringing back thousands of rockfish.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the other hand the dark side of over-fishing to satisfy our need to eat is evident. Since salmon are in short supply and have been restricted, hagfish, known as slime eels, are now caught en masse. One boat brought in 900 pounds of these bottom feeders that have no appeal to Americans. They are shipped live to Korea, considered a delicacy there. I'm both fascinated and appalled to watch close up.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">California poppies and cows dot the ocean trail,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are calving, a bit edgy</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, a man told me.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ahead a nursing female stares, dares me to near.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apologetic, I pause, my Pamplona moment.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two women talking, pass, barrel right through,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">don’t even drag their capes beh</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ind them.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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</div>Jeanie Greensfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404371605987209564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394727772001659972.post-11594164007935572312010-03-14T17:54:00.000-07:002010-04-22T20:14:25.854-07:00Childhood Lament<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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Shazam!!<br />
Goddamn.<br />
Why am<br />
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