“I am not loitering…
January 14, 2016
I am simply indulging in a few moments of pastoral solitude.” — Helen Simpson * * * Moscovy Duck reflecting in puddle, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
Category: Life Is Full of Sweet Spots
Falling with grace
January 11, 2016
There is an art, they say, to falling. Turn one’s face to the side. Stay loose, arms and legs bent, body relaxed. It is an art I am yet to master, falling more likely face first, catapulting headlong, fearing to miss one tiny step in this affair of love. For that’s what it is. Drawn … More Falling with grace
Night Game
January 7, 2016
Silent predators of the night world, Barn Owls roost in hidden, quiet places during the day, hunting by night in open fields and meadows. NIGHT GAME It’s after midnight and the moon is in the sky. Listen to the wind, or is it the great owl’s cry? Silent is his shadow as he sets his … More Night Game
“I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth
December 31, 2015
is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can look back to the shapes we leave here and get the same thrill that I get in looking back at theirs—at the Parthenon, at Chartres Cathedral.” — Philip Johnson Best wishes for a new year of peace for all throughout the world. * * … More “I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth
“Winter is the time for comfort,
December 28, 2015
for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” ― Edith Sitwell, British poet Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“Kindness is like snow…
December 24, 2015
it beautifies everything it covers.” — Unknown May peace and joy be yours in this holiday season and beyond. * * * “Winter Whites” watercolor painting by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“What good is the warmth of summer,
December 21, 2015
without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck * * * Northern Cardinal, watercolor painting by Mary O’Connor, painted from photo reference by class instructor, Bivenne Harvey Staiger.
“Do you never doubt?
December 17, 2015
For just one minute? I wouldn’t blame you.” “No. And, before you ask, I don’t doubt that the sun will rise in the east, either.” From Downton Abbey discussion between Lord Granthams’s valet, Bates, and head housemaid, Anna. * * * Sunrise over Niantic Bay, photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
December 14, 2015
It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” — Melody Beattie * * * “The Winter Palace”, Saks Fifth Avenue holiday window, Fifth Avenue, New … More “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
“Man is the only animal that blushes.
December 10, 2015
Or needs to.” — Mark Twain “Everyone has found him or herself in a situation that left them red-faced and wishing the Earth would swallow them whole. Don’t worry; it’s perfectly normal to have at least one embarrassing experience at some point in your life, though many of us have experienced way more than that!” — Unknown … More “Man is the only animal that blushes.
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