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Meryl Ann

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About Me



"Flowering of Love" © 2000 Meryl Ann Butler, fiber, 24" x 24."

Over 400 pieces of fabric comprise this fiber art wallhanging, a mandalic image of the heart chakra. Private Collection. To see more of Meryl Ann's visionary fiber art, go to www.merylannbutler.com

http://www.myheritage.com
Quotation of the moment:

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances.

- Martha Washington

My Interests

CURRENT MOON moon phase info

Music:

Favs include: lotsa Bach (J.S as well as P.D.Q.), The Four Seasons ( Vivaldi and the Jersey Boys!), Scarlatti, score from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice, the score from the Boomers musical by San Diego's fabulous Lamb's Players, Gladys Knight's I Heard it through the Grapevine, almost any horn stuff by Telemann, Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus, Buddhist monks chanting Om, Greatest Love of All by Whitney HOuston, Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry Be happy, most of Mozart especially The Magic Flute, and any tenor who sings "Ev'ry Valley" perfectly.

Movies:

Favs include: What the Bleep Do We Know?, The Secret (original version with Abraham), Conversations with God, Somewhere in Time, Much Ado About Nothing (with Emma Thompson as Beatrice and Michael Keaton as that crazy constable), Dave (with Kevin Kline), A Midsummer Night's Dream (with Kevin Kline as Nick Bottom), French Kiss (Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline), (notice a pattern here? I first fell in love with Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda, LOL), Dangerous Beauty, Sliding Doors, Sleepless in Seattle, The Lake House, Fantasia.

Books:



90-Minute Quilts:
15+ Projects You Can Stitch in an Afternoon,
by Meryl Ann Butler!

Heroes:

Liviu Librescu. Gladys Taylor-McGarey MD, Dennis Kucinich, Mileva Maric.

My Blog

KUCINICH CARES

Dennis Kucinich is truly a man of the people.A couple of days after "The Event" (as the Virginia Tech Hokies now refer to April 16), I emailed Dennis with some parental concerns. He had met Rainbow at...
Posted by Meryl Ann on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:24:00 PST

MORE PAUL POTTS, PLEASE!

For the last few days I have been on an extraordinary ride, along with millions around the world, watching cell phone salesman Paul Potts' rise to the top of Britain's Got Talent. Hearing his voice ha...
Posted by Meryl Ann on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:43:00 PST

FIVE SECOND INVESTMENT TO START THE DAY OFF WITH JOY!

Just go here:http://www.laughteryoga.org/media/babies_laughing.wav
Posted by Meryl Ann on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:13:00 PST

TODDLER'S DANCE DESTROYS MONKS' INTRICATE SAND PAINTING

Perspective is so interesting...The news article below by Matt Campbell is fascinating! (Go to http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/119843.ht ml to see the article on the Kansas City Star...
Posted by Meryl Ann on Sat, 26 May 2007 10:32:00 PST

A ROMP THROUGH THE QUANTUM FIELD (now in Italian, too!)

My articles "A Romp Through the Quantum Field with Gregg Braden and Dr. Bruce Lipton, Part One and Part Two", first published in Awareness magazine (Sept/Oct and Nov/Dec 2006) have been translated for...
Posted by Meryl Ann on Tue, 22 May 2007 01:29:00 PST

HOKIE HOPE QUILTS

I just sent 33 quilt blocks to Angelina, who is making 33 Virginia Tech quilts for the families of the fallen Hokies. (Maybe she will make 27 more for the wounded if enough blocks come in.) She is col...
Posted by Meryl Ann on Tue, 22 May 2007 09:49:00 PST