Play Ball!!!!

Marko played in his 11 year olds all star game on Saturday and then stayed to announce the 10 year old s all star game. He did such a great job, he got asked to do the announcing for the championship game......maybe a new career for him.

:)......now today he got asked to be the junior announcer at the Akron Aeros game when the Medina Youth Baseball League goes to the game next month!!!

Namaste,
Michele


If I was a spider princess, she said, I would spin webs the color of sky & catch drops of sunlight to give to children who watch too much TV & then everyone would remember to come outside to play. If I was a spider princess, she said, things would be different.
-Brian Andreas

Happy 52nd Anniversary!!!

Happy 52nd Anniversary, Mom and Dad!!!!

"You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time."

— Brian Andreas

dog days of summer

We went to the Dog Days of Summer today at the Great Lakes Brewing Company.
Hope you like the pictures and the quote below!!!
Namaste,
Michele

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life. -Brian Andreas

creating our own reality

Is willing to accept that she creates her own reality
except for some of the parts where she can't help but wonder
what the hell she was thinking.
Brian Andreas

Love

This is a creature on fire with love,
but it's still scary
since most people think
love only looks like one thing, instead of the whole world.
-Brian Andreas

Laughter

“I used to wait for a sign, she said before I did anything.
Then one night I had a dream and an angel
in black tights came to me and said,
You can start any time now
and then I asked is this a sign?
and the angel started laughing and I woke up.
Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs,
but if there’s no laughter, I know they’re not for me.”
— Brian Andreas

being here now

This is the center of the universe at this moment unless
you're looking in another direction, or are thinking
about something from a long time ago, in which case it
will wait quietly right here until you return

-Brian Andreas

Who I am

I've always liked the time before dawn
because there's no one around to remind
me who I'm supposed to be
so it's easier to remember
who I am.
-Brian Andreas

World Peace

picture by Mira

I don't think of it as working for world peace,
he said. I think of it as just trying to get along in a really big strange family.
-Brian Andreas

stuff

star lotus art



What do I get for this? I said
& the angel gave me a catalog filled with toasters & clock radios & a basketball signed by Michael Jordan
& I said, But this is just stuff & the angel smiled at me
& swallowed me in her arms. I'm so glad you said that, she whispered to me.
I knew you still had a chance.
-Brian Andreas

The real hero

a view from our dining room table.


Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me,
but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again.
That's what takes a real hero.
© Brian Andreas American Artist and Storyteller

The real reason we are here

There are things we do because they feel right and they make no sense
and they make no money & it may be the real reason we are here:
to love each other and to eat each other's cooking &
say it was good.
-Brian Andreas

Inspiration

A view from my friend Leslie's house. Happy Spring!! love, Michele




He told me that once
he forgot himself & his
heart opened up like a
door with a loose latch
& everything fell out &
he tried for days to put
it all back in the proper
order, but finally he
gave up & left it there
in a pile & loved
everything equally.
-Brian Andreas

Proper steps

I only do this until I get dizzy
& then I lay down on my back &
watch the clouds, she said.
It sounds simple
but you won't believe
how many people forget the second part.

© Brian Andreas


www.storypeople.com

Life of Virtue

The real reason we are here...

"There are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they may make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other's cooking and say it was good."

Brian Andreas
American Author and Storyteller
http://www.storypeople.com

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"I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"

Mary Oliver
American Poet
From her poem: 'The Summer Day'

On Fire

These are creatures on fire with love, but it's still scary since most people think love only looks like one thing, instead of the whole world.-Brian Andreas

My Many Selves

Being a double Gemini (gemini with gemini rising sign), I find this very fitting.
have a great day!!!! Peace and love, Michele

Enough

Angels By Brian Andreas

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