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Please take the time to read and enjoy my poetry! It is my ongoing project and I am looking forward to translating my poems into Turkish, Portuguese, and French. JFB
JF Bierlein
Feb 6, 20232 min read
Weaving A Life
The weaving of threads intrigues me. I was mesmerized watching carpets go from silk pods To intricate geometries in a workshop in Turkey....
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JF Bierlein
Feb 5, 20231 min read
What you do is you.
I was reflecting on legalism, Mysticism, and humanity Religion and irreligion And what is sacred In the secular context, Tiptoeing around...
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hcdjfb
Feb 2, 20232 min read
Umami Mushroom Sauce Recipe-International Umami Day (my personal invented holiday).
Umami Mushroom Sauce --Thank you Dr. Ikeda. It is said that there are five basic tastes: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami, which is...
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JF Bierlein
Feb 1, 20231 min read
The Light Under the Door: A Bilingual Turkish and English Piece/Kapının Altındaki Işık -- İki Dilli
I wrote this in both English and Turkish and had a good day. Seda, my Turkish "daughter" had to fix only two of my Turkish lines :) Bunu...
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JF Bierlein
Jan 31, 20231 min read
The Learning Curve
I believe that if you were to plot the trajectory of one’s life, Particularly of a good and blessed life, such as the one with which I...
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hcdjfb
Jan 29, 20232 min read
Time, Peace, Timepiece Part Two.
Ironic concept—I never have enough time to work on my timepieces. They keep time, but I can’t keep time in my hand. I have been working...
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hcdjfb
Jan 29, 20231 min read
Relax and breathe. Music for a quiet, rainy Sunday: Eric Satie's Gymnopedies
It is Sunday, gray and rainy. I have some hot tea. My wife and the cat are napping. It is a beautiful moment to stop and breathe. The...
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JF Bierlein
Jan 28, 20231 min read
Another Recipe: Long Island "It Tastes Good on Everything" Sauce.
A friend of mine from Long Island, NY claimed that this sauce was good on everything, and served me a steak basted with it, shrimp basted...
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JF Bierlein
Jan 28, 20235 min read
My Lobster/Shrimp Cheese Souffle Recipe: A Decadent Cholesterol Fiesta! (And a Gluten-Free Version)
This is an old family recipe, only because I am old and have a family. As I have pointed out, souffles and their cooking teach us life...
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hcdjfb
Jan 27, 20231 min read
My Favorite Smile This Week.
The Institute for Incomplete Statistics says that two out of three.
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JF Bierlein
Jan 27, 20231 min read
The Sprouts
This poem makes me think of my Turkish "daughter" and teacher. Seda, who seems to cause plants to grow by merely looking at them. It’s...
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JF Bierlein
Jan 25, 20232 min read
Timepiece, Time, Peace
I have a very enjoyable hobby I collect and fix watches I am not good enough at it to fix other people’s watches (Oh, how I would hate to...
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hcdjfb
Jan 22, 20231 min read
Beautify Your Day: "Spiegel im Spiegel" by Aarvo Part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtFPdBUl7XQ
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JF Bierlein
Jan 21, 20232 min read
My Three Hearts
An octopus has three hearts. So do you and I There are three Turkish words for heart-- kalp, gőnűl, and yűrek. Very well done, Turks, So...
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hcdjfb
Jan 20, 20231 min read
More About the Poetry of Li Bai (also known as Li Po)
I mentioned Li Po/Li Bai in a recent post and wanted to provide more information about him. You will find translations of some of his...
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JF Bierlein
Jan 20, 20232 min read
Wu Wei. My Way, or the Highway.
I am fascinated with the traditional Chinese philosophical approach of Wu Wei. This is dedicated to the two great scholars (and...
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JF Bierlein
Jan 20, 20231 min read
The Wisdom in a Cheese Souffle
I made a cheese souffle Which opened a whole avenue of thoughts. Success is a souffle— Good management is a souffle— Parenting is a...
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JF Bierlein
Jan 19, 20231 min read
A Sculptor of Souls
Sculptors say that they look at a solid block of marble And see that a statue is locked inside it It only takes the trained eye to see it...
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JF Bierlein
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Life is an SAT Test
The Spanish Poet Aleixandre said that life Is a chess game between life and death As I grow older it is more of a chess game Between time...
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JF Bierlein
Jan 17, 20231 min read
We are all Venn Diagrams.
Do you remember Venn Diagrams? All these interconnected, overlapping circles, Two wedding rings make a Venn diagram. A Venn diagram can...
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