Category Archives: Real Life Stuff

The Prison Cell by Mahmoud Darwish (Translated by Ben Bennani)

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

                                       “Riding Away” Dale Innis on Midjourney AI Art Please Press Play to hear my interpretation(with my own music) of this amazing … Continue reading →

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Floodgates of Gratefulness

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

                                Maki snuggled on my chest (Photo of Maki snuggled on my chest) Floodgates of Gratefulness For Maki I’m searching through my library, my memory … Continue reading →

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My Beloved Maki

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

Maki saved from dogs June 9 2021 at 5 weeks old, killed by dogs March 29, 2024 I will miss him terribly. He was a very very special cat to me. Maktoob, he was destined to be ours for just … Continue reading →

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The Faraway Family

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

The  Faraway Family What I have left in the past now no longer exists, as Time only goes forward. What is in my past can not stay the same; it no longer is what I remember although, I remember it … Continue reading →

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Paper Thin

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

Fleeting Moment by Sugar Mints-DeviantArt  Click Play to hear a live recital of this poem to the music that inspired it…… Paper Thin for my family in Jordan in Ramadan Paper thin, I’m barely here, and you no longer see … Continue reading →

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A Shower In The Dry Season

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

                     “Birds After The Rain” by Dale Innis on Midjourney AI Art A Shower In The Dry Season The ground flat on its back with it’s mouth open… every tree stretching … Continue reading →

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Ramadan 2024

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

                        Ramadan Mubarak! Ramadan Kareem!For all Muslims all over the world, for my family in Jordan, I wish you a Blessed Ramadan & a Generous Ramadan InshAllah 🙏

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Alien Orchid

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

    “Alien Orchid” by the artist Jan Betts signed March 1, 2024 *Jan Betts is my best friend in Costa Rica. She has known me since the 1970’s starting in Hollywood and then we both landed in Costa Rica, … Continue reading →

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Backyard Bird Concert

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

I have a special treat for you all today…My backard birds, featuring the soloist and National Bird, (not the prettiest but that doesn’t matter, she sings like an angel  *Center photos.) She is The Yiguirro (a brown thrush) In the … Continue reading →

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That Pioneer Spirit

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

                                        1976 Dominical Costa Rica Talking about the old days, as old people tend to do, I remember Costa Rica in … Continue reading →

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