“but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start over.” — Kristin Armstrong Happy Birthday to all whose birthday might be today and to all whose day is simply one to enjoy. * * * Poppies, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Breathe in. Slowly. Trace it to the core of my spirit. So tired. Shadows aren’t meant to be sharp. Why did I stop gathering life’s simple flowers, closing my eyes to their beauty, letting them slip through my hands to the ground? Flowers need sun to shine. What happened to their joyful faces? Something … More Open My Eyes – A Meditation
and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.” — Chaim Potok * * * Great Egret photo by Mary O’Connor © 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
“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
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
you have to turn your back on the crowd.” — Max Lucado * * * Leopard in Serengeti, Tanzania. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2011
“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
“only upon the hand that does not grasp.” — John Berry * * * Bird of Paradise flower, photo credit: Jan Logozzo © 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…
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 