“I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence…
August 25, 2014
and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.” — Chaim Potok * * * Great Egret photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Category: Life Is Full of Sweet Spots
Bones of Memory
August 21, 2014
In the beginning—time still untarnished by tongues of friends telling tales of unrequited passion and by knowledge yet to be understood—pockets and purses held the roots of recollection: tickets torn to their stubs, clovers plucked for their leaves of luck, valentines pasted with tinseled love, prized dance cards, dutifully, if not lovingly, signed by Curt, by Joe and … More Bones of Memory
“In my garden there is a large place for sentiment.
August 18, 2014
“My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful.” — Abram L. Urban * * * Photo credit: Jan Logozzo © 2014
“Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things…
August 14, 2014
rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.” — Booker T. Washington * * * Handcrafted bead jewelry is found throughout Tanzanian towns and villages. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2011
“To lead the orchestra,
August 11, 2014
you have to turn your back on the crowd.” — Max Lucado * * * Leopard in Serengeti, Tanzania. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2011
“Paintings are Rorschach ink blots. They are what you want them to be.” — Roy Lichtenstein
August 7, 2014
“Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.” — Alan Watts * * * Photos of painting by artist OBE in Zanzibar market, zebras on Serengeti, by Mary O’Connor © 2010
“The bird of paradise alights
August 4, 2014
“only upon the hand that does not grasp.” — John Berry * * * Bird of Paradise flower, photo credit: Jan Logozzo © 2014
“Be less curious about people…
July 31, 2014
and more curious about ideas.” — Marie Curie “An understanding of the natural world and what’s in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.” — David Attenborough * * * Artists participating in a Tiffany Farm Paint-out painted the scenic barns, silos, cows and fields of this picturesque farm in Lyme, Connecticut. … More “Be less curious about people…
Catnap
July 28, 2014
It was a day when the sea lay still, merging its salty wetness with the waiting edge of the sky and the clouds were filled with fish, so thick that I saw them— in full color, I might note— darting and turning through bursts of beta waves before losing their way in the deep. There were … More Catnap
“Turn your face to the sun and the shadows follow behind you.” — Maori Proverb
July 24, 2014
“I don’t think there’s anything on this planet that more trumpets life than the sunflower. For me, that’s because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun, but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A … More “Turn your face to the sun and the shadows follow behind you.” — Maori Proverb
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