Category Archives: Real Life Stuff

We Have Been Everything Except…..Real On The Same Set:)

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Karima Hoisan

Most of you who read my blog know who Dale Innis is. He has been a friend and collaborator with me for almost 13 years in virtual worlds. He has been in most of the movies I made with Natascha,  … Continue reading →

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Collaborating With My Son – Two Drone Videos

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Karima Hoisan

My son, Julian, the singer/musician is also a real estate agent at the beach. He invested about a month ago in a drone to take videos of the properties he was listing. Then he got the bug to experiment a … Continue reading →

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Hoyt

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Karima Hoisan

Please click play to listen to me recite my poem to the instrumental version of  Jackson Browne’s “Song for Adam” Hoyt Back in the 60’s you loved music and sports, the young girls and having  fun. You never wanted to … Continue reading →

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The Bindle Man

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Karima Hoisan

                                                   Google Image Please Play My Recorded Version done to some Garage Band Looping of Mine!YeeeHaw! Press Play and Sing along! The Bindle Man On a stick, over his shoulder, hung all that he owned in lifeThose other things were … Continue reading →

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Vignettes From My Life-My Son The Singer-Musician

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Karima Hoisan

My son Julian was born in Costa Rica. He was just about this age (Picture above) when he declared to me that when he grew up, he was going to be a “Rock Star” He assured me he was going … Continue reading →

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Vignettes From Real Life: My Shipboard Romance

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Karima Hoisan

That’s me in the heels, blonde flip hair -do and 1961 very dark sunglasses next to my Grandmother, her traveling partner(in pearls) and her granddaughter (Candy…also in cool sunglasses) The SS Independence June, 1961- Bon Voyage!!Television series have been built … Continue reading →

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Dorothy McKowen 1913-1999- My Mother

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Karima Hoisan

Dorothy Tennant Mckowen 1917 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Today, June 9th, would be my mother’s birthday. A few years ago, I began a project to commemorate our family history (especially for my grandchildren in Costa Rica) to get to know in a … Continue reading →

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Lap Trance

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Karima Hoisan

I try to swim a 1000 meters a day, five times a week. For my age and limitations, that is the only exercise I can do. To make the 100 laps go by quicker, I have little by little invented … Continue reading →

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Remembering My Father on Memorial Day.

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Karima Hoisan

This is my father, Harry David Leviash, first generation born in the USA. His mother and father immigrated to The US from Odessa, which is now part of the Ukraine. He enlisted in 1917 at the age of 19 in … Continue reading →

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When The Wallpaper Shifts

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Karima Hoisan

                            “Blanket Fort” by Dale Innis on Midjourney When The Wallpaper Shifts Oh I do remember when the wall paper began to shift, morphing like a running animation next to my bed. All I had to do was stare awhile, … Continue reading →

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