Bend
October 20, 2016
“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.” — Bruce Lee * * * Willow Grove – photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
Category: Mary O’Connor
In the mud
October 17, 2016
“An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned with it.” — George Bernard Shaw * * * Egret on river mud bank. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“Pay attention to the intricate patterns of your existence that you take for granted.” — Doug Dillon
October 13, 2016
“There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns. If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself. What we call chaos is just patterns we haven’t recognized.” — Chuck Palahniuk “We make patterns, we share moments.” — Jenny Downham … More “Pay attention to the intricate patterns of your existence that you take for granted.” — Doug Dillon
Silenced
October 10, 2016
“I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.” — Mark Haddon * * * Rained in. Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2016
Calm Down
October 6, 2016
“The sun rises every morning and sheds light, vanquishing the night’s darkness. The rooster also rises every morning only, unlike the sun, he simply makes noise. But the darkness of the night is dispelled by sunshine, not by the rooster’s crowing. The world can use more light and less noise. Wherever I can, I want … More Calm Down
Charming
October 3, 2016
“When a woman stops blushing, she has lost the most powerful weapon of charm.” — Elizabeth Taylor * * * While thick and substantial, the strikingly colored Russula sanguinaria mushroom has a habit of falling apart without any apparent disturbance, as seen here with this blushing pink specimen. Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2016
Change
September 29, 2016
“I find that even small changes sometimes jog you out of a mental rut.” — Tom Perrotta * * * Tidal channels. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
Busy
September 26, 2016
“It’s not so much how busy you are, but WHY you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted.” — Mary O’Connor, Texas author, Destiny Stone * * * Bumble bee on thistle, photo © 2016 by Mary O’Connor, Connecticut author, Life Is Full of Sweet Spots
Explorer
September 22, 2016
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” — Andre Gide * * * Kayakers on Oyster River. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
Light waves
September 19, 2016
“Take a deep breath and exhale slowly. Mentally picture all tiredness, tension, and fatigue leaving you. Visualize that a wave of golden light is entering you at the top of your head and passing throughout your entire body.” — Frederick Lenz “Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair.” — Susan Polis … More Light waves
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