KIDS AGAINST HUNGER

EVA volunteered with me at the Kids Against Hunger food drive on Saturday morning...About 120 volunteers packed up over 34,000 meals to be distributed right here in Southwest Florida... now if that doesn't give you goose bumps!

YOUTH CHORALE SPRING CONCERT AT NAPLES PHILHARMONIC

My baby, Eva will perform her final performance this year with the NAPLES PHILHARMONIC YOUTH CHORALE, Monday at 7 pm, at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts.
It has been a wonderful experience for her, and a goose bump raising experience for me! (She sang with the orchestra at Christmas...I was in the front row... so proud)
Eva is so, so talented..she also performed with the Naples players Kidz act in Willy Wonka about 3 weeks ago. And Gone with a Breeze in the fall.
What a privaledge that she has been honored to be included in such a fine community, and a community that supports the arts...

And I remember when I DRAGGED HER TO BOTH AUDITIONS!!! SHE WAS RELUCTANT...
NOW, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO STOP!!!

I LOVE YOU EVA... FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS...HONOR YOUR TALENTS...Never give up!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
MOMMY

EARTH DAY EVENT

COME OUT TO THE EARTH DAY EVENT AT KORESHAN HISTORIC SITE IN ESTERO... A DAY OF GREAT ACTIVITIES, KAYAK RIDES, LIVE MUSIC, GREEN VENDORS, FOOD AND FUN. I WILL BE LEADING THE COMMUNITY MANDALA MURAL PROJECT FOR THE KIDS, AND KIDS FOR PEACE BOOKS WILL BE ON SALE, AND KIDS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO CREATE PEACE FLAGS TO HANG FROM THE TREES, AS THEY MAKE THEIR WISH FOR MOTHER EARTH AND PEACE. THE DAY WILL END WITH A DRUM CIRCLE FROM 4:00-6:30.
HAPPY EARTH DAY! ;)
PARK IS LOCATED AT 3800 CORKSCREW RD (OFF 41, IN ESTERO, TAKE A LEFT AT CORKSCREW RD.) FROM I-75 TAKE EXIT 123
SEE YOU THERE...

Souls

"Of all things which we have, next to the gods, our souls are the most divine and most truly our own"
-Plato

Beyond a Room with a View (ode to Chicago life last year)

It is the first day of spring in Chicago. One might expect little daffodil buds to be emerging from a barren earth, birds chirping, or other usual indications that a rebirth is coming, but this year the expectations of spring are buried beneath a layer of fresh fallen snow.

We relocated from Florida, where the sun shines all year long and there are only two seasons, warm and warmer or green and greener. My only solace today in this winter weirdness (which I chalk up to global warming) is that today the sun is shining.
My daughter cannot wait to go out and throw snowballs from the deck, build a snowman, and make snow angels, whilst I am in denial and dreamily online book marking websites about life in the tropics, complete with plants, humidity and other signs of life, beyond buying ocean spray nasal mist.

I finally leave my laptop giving in to my daughters nagging, and we prepare to bundle up with our multitude of layers. I borrow some nasty foreign
gear and venture out beyond the safe haven of forced heat. I don the ubiquitous North Face down parka that seems to be a wardrobe staple for everyone on this latitude. My friend, who is hosting us in the sub-prime degree transition offers me her “Wellies” (huh? what in the heck are those? Are they a new brand of flip flops?) In my street smart beach manner I decipher that “they” are those tall plastic boots to the knees, to me called, “ugly puddle jumpers.”

Heading to the elementary school yard next door, my open-minded daughter skips happily to the beat of this new adventure as we enter the white, blinding playground. I have forgotten flip flops temporarily and am content that I must dig out my sunglasses. (and that the white parka makes me look really healthy) We throw snowballs, laugh in unison and embark on enjoying the moment as we build a memory, as well as building a snowman-Easter bunny. We make pretend sand angels in the snow, like silly kids, which we will later see from our room with a cold view.

When I look out the window at the snow angels below, I will reflect on this cold, snowy, sunny, spring day, with all its confusing juxtapositions, and accept that even the daffodils will make their appearance in their time. 3/24/08 by arteangie

nbc sandiego- Peace Prize

Protect your energy

Remember the naysayers, who don't support you, play power games and are energy suckers. Hang up, let go...do not engage in any discourse with them. Seperate yourself, or your life's energy will be forever drained. Let them find someone else to drain. They will!

Angel Art exhibit at Sacred Space 11-3, Saturday March 14.
3465 Bonita Beach Rd. Bonita Springs, Fl 34134

EARTH DAY AND KIDS FOR PEACE COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT

ANGIE BROOKS, Artist, and leader of the SW Florida chapter of KIDS FOR PEACE 

will lead a community mural earth mandala project at the EIGHTH ANNUAL EARTH DAY FESTIVAL co-sponsored by Sierra Clubs Calusa group and the Happehatchee Center.

 Children or adults can create their artistic piece of the whole. They will also have an opportunity to create individual peace flags, which will represent their intentions, committments and dreams for our Earth and Peace. The flags will be hung in the trees so that mother earth can hear them. 

SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2009, Koreshan State Historic Site, Estero, Fl -  I 75 & Corkscrew Rd,  9 am-4pm. For more info email kidsforpeaceswfl@gmail.com

Eva does Hamlet by Shakespeare

this video is sideways...I have to buy a new computer program to make it go my way... but, upside down, twisted, altered... you can see the talent my child has for theatre/ music. These are her gifts.

florida hymn from 2007

naturalezza

Forget not that the Earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
~kahlil gibran

essence

"in rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed
and the first of what which comes;so with present time.
~Leonardo da Vinci

friendship

"No one is useless who has a friend,and if we are loved we are indespensable."
~Robert Louis Stevenson

Be True to Your Soul

Be yourself.....think outta the box. The world is a better place with authentic people. How many do you know who are REAL??? XO PEACE, LOVE AND HIPPIE BEADS!!