once she told me she was an ocean person & when she combed her fingers through the seaweed she heard the songs of the mermaids & it was easy to believe all the old stories. ~story people. when i think about it.. the plane hovering over the happy bay below, sun reflecting its pinks and [...]
I think we should make all the flags in the parade out of long underwear, he said, because then only the really fun people will come. ~story people. when i think about it.. a deep breath in, and another, plus one more is the best meds you could ever prescribe for yourself. when i think [...]
“they’ve got way more to worry about than me, he said, so I’m going to let them & we finished our beer & agreed the world needed more expansive souls like ourselves.” ~story people. when i think about it.. the studio is moving. new originals on the way, a show in june, finishing up my [...]
we lay there & looked up at the night sky & she told me about stars called blue squares & red swirls & i told her i’d never heard of them. of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. you have to imagine it on your own. ~brian andreas, story people when i [...]
“filled to the brim with dangerous thoughts & no where to put them since she lives in a small town & everybody’s always watching.” ~story people. when i think about it… asking a friend who has a specific skill – to help you put tools into place is a very smart move. it is okay [...]
“even though they look like they’re flying south, they are stuck right here with the rest of us for the winter” ~story people. when i think about it…. the week has been filled with a lot of nothing and some bits of a whole lot of something. when i think about it… a couple [...]
“each night, all the years we were growing up, she sat in the big yellow rocking chair & pieced together our lives with countless stitches of her silver needle.” story people. when i think about it…. sometimes lines are long, workers are buried under and a stinky attitude just doesn’t help anyone. so you [...]
“hard to impress because she’s already seen the sun rise today & it doesn’t get much better than that.” story people. when i think about it… a familiar smile today reminds me of how the kids have grown into adulthood. many of whom are married with little families of their own. and i am so [...]
“if I get born again, my son said, do they give me different parents? & i said no & he shook his head & said they didn’t use their brains on that one, did they?” ..story people when i think about it… day in — day out it all works in the end. when i think about it… [...]
“I will always remember the day the sun shone dark on your hair & I forgot where we were & kissed you lightly on the nose & suddenly there was no more secret.” story people. when i think about it… friday is almost always a happy day. working thru the weekend is something that comes [...]