You will find something more in woods than in books.
May 12, 2014
Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. — St. Bernard * * * Dogwood blossoms. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Category: Life Is Full of Sweet Spots
“I am going to try to pay attention to the spring.
May 8, 2014
“I am going to look around at all the flowers, and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen.” ― Ann Lamott * * * Pansies, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2013
“Nature’s free bounty and useless extravagance…
May 5, 2014
“had never appeared so fantastically beautiful as it did this spring. I had an uncomfortable suspicion that Nature had come to reconquer the earth for herself.” ― Yukio Mishima * * * Photo credit: Jan Logozzo © 2014
“…when you walk past a flower, whether it be in somebody’s garden or on a vacant hillside, the flower will always smile at you. The most polite way to respond, I’ve been told, is to cheerfully return the smile.” — Japanese proverb
May 1, 2014
U.S. Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz said in his 98th year that all he wanted to do was write poems and be in the garden. He wrote of his tendency to brush against the flowers while walking in the seaside garden of his Provincetown home, anticipating the fragrant eloquence of their response. * * * Photo … More “…when you walk past a flower, whether it be in somebody’s garden or on a vacant hillside, the flower will always smile at you. The most polite way to respond, I’ve been told, is to cheerfully return the smile.” — Japanese proverb
“I glanced out the window at the signs of spring.
April 28, 2014
The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright.” ― Millard Kaufman A long time in coming, but worth the wait! * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children.
April 24, 2014
One is roots. The other is wings. — Hodding Carter, Jr. * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
“In the afternoon, over gold screens,
April 21, 2014
“I will brush the blue dust of my dreams.” ― John Gould Fletcher * * * Dust storm on the Serengeti, photo by Mary O’Connor, © 2014
Music is a language all its own.
April 17, 2014
“Its tongue speaks through our feet, our ears, our heart, every miniscule stretch of our soul. Its voice is one of dreams, of hope. … Music is a language that is always present, if only in the blood of our veins and recesses of our memory. If we are quiet, we will hear it in … More Music is a language all its own.
“But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep.”
April 14, 2014
“That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.” — James Levine # # # Harbor seals photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“The quiet place is the think tank of the soul.”
April 10, 2014
“It reaches deeply. By going into nature and letting go, and reaching that deep spiritual level, quiet is quieting. It is also medically healing in that it’s lowering your blood pressure and taking those stress hormones out of your blood stream. But it’s also in the peace of mind. How often do we use the … More “The quiet place is the think tank of the soul.”
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