Missed Opportunity
January 18, 2018
“There’s only one thing I never did and wish I had done: climbed over a fence.” — Mary of Teck * * * “I just know the grass is greener…” — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2018
Category: Earth
Migration
January 15, 2018
“Migration is as natural as breathing, as eating, as sleeping. It is part of life, part of nature. So we have to find a way of establishing a proper kind of scenario for modern migration to exist. And when I say ‘we,’ I mean the world. We need to find ways of making that migration … More Migration
Strength
January 8, 2018
“When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.” — LL Cool J * * * Out of the Alaskan woods — Brown Bear watercolor painting (above) by Mary O’Connor, based on bear photos taken by Thomas Chambers by … More Strength
New Year’s Promise
January 1, 2018
It is tempting to believe, once the year is ended, once the page is turned, that we will move on to a new and more ordered life—and it will be different. For a while, you might think so. * * * New Year’s Promise — Photo and poem by Mary O’Connor. Poem reprinted … More New Year’s Promise
Holiday Greetings
December 25, 2017
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” — W.T. Ellis Wishing you and yours peace, love and joy this Christmas Day. * * * Holiday Dress — Photos by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Evidence … New Book Review
December 19, 2017
Poet by nature and street photographer by perspective, author Jennifer Payne turns to the curious thematic image of a flosser to make an arresting statement in her new book about our world and about how, in so many ways, we influence its being. The thought of marrying a cast-off dental apparatus with such discordant thoughts … More Evidence … New Book Review
Holiday Scents
December 18, 2017
“The smell of pine needles, spruce and the smell of a Christmas tree – those to me, are the scents of the holidays.” — Blake Lively * * * Pine cones, new and old — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Comfort
December 7, 2017
“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.” — Samuel Pepys * * * Dinner, plain and simple — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Fiddling Around
December 4, 2017
“It may not be irrelevant to note that even the very modest forms of life, like earthworms, dung beetles and fiddler crabs, have no real problems they must deal with if they are to survive.” — Edward Goldsmith “The necessary fiddling about and moving things can be greatly facilitated by a bit of forethought.” — … More Fiddling Around
Scavenging
November 30, 2017
“The day is gone and all its sweets are gone.” — John Keats * * * Canada Geese picking over the harvested cornfield — Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2017
