“The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
November 20, 2014
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.” — Robert Frost * * * Gilead, Connecticut, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Category: Beauty
Rusty Leaves
November 17, 2014
Overnight they fell, floating and curling their way through darkness while I slept and spirits dozed, as naked trees bent to the ground, the face of the earth covered its eyes and the crickets came inside. * * * Poem, Rusty Leaves, by Mary O’Connor, originally published in The Aurorean, Fall, 1998, and reprinted in Dreams of … More Rusty Leaves
“The biggest sin in the world
November 13, 2014
would be if I lost my love for the ocean.” — Laird Hamilton * * * Kite surfing at Mayflower Beach, Dennis, Cape Cod, Mass. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Requesting your presence
November 10, 2014
Consider the giant oaks holding up their arms to the owls and crows, to the woolly bears and the tiny titmouse— and take comfort in their reach. Think of the sugared maples, changing their leaves to gold, their shadows to shade. See the towering pine, dusting the globe of the moon—and be assured. Trees—when studied— … More Requesting your presence
I have something to show you.
November 6, 2014
“There are moments when the Universe quietly whispers, ‘Come here, I have something to show you.’ She did it just the other day and showed me this.” — Jen Payne, Look Up! * * * Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2014
“I would like to bury
November 3, 2014
all the hating eyes under the sand somewhere…” — Anne Sexton Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“Creativity is the Blue Heron within us
October 30, 2014
waiting to fly; through her imagination, all things become possible.” — Nadia Janice Brown * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“And in the morning,
October 27, 2014
it will be foul weather today; for the sky is red and lowering.” — Matthew, XVI: 2-3 * * * Photo credit: Jan Logozzo © 2014
“There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days,
October 23, 2014
and as an opal changes its colors and its fire to match the nature of a day, so do I.” ― John Steinbeck “The day before was cold and crisp, so as the sun came out on what was predicted to be a warmer day, you can see the effect of the changeover on the … More “There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days,
“Even if something is left undone,
October 20, 2014
“everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.” — Elizabeth Lawrence * * * Photo credit: Jan Logozzo
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 