“A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.” — George R. R. Martin stripped clean of treasured golden autumn leaves, branches bow to bully winds * * * As the moods of seasons change, so nature adapts • Tennessee artist Gloria McRoberts depicts the seasonal transformation … More Windswept
“Images, memories, fragmentary shapes and forms, all those sensations, visions, half-thoughts that appear and disappear in the wink of an eye.…” — Octavio Paz viewed in shapes and forms perceptions appear and fade fragmentary world * * * Light and shadows alter the day’s image of surrounding world and life • Photo by Terry Logozzo … More Shapes and Forms
“Winter sunlight is a warm old soul, spreading love in the bitter cold.” — Angie Weiland-Crosby deserted shore scenes castles of sand wiped away sunshine a cold light * * * Sunbathers gone, warm sands of beach reduced to footprints • “Winter Light” haiku and photo by Mary O’Connor © 2025
“After the night, the morning, bidding all darkness cease, after life’s cares and sorrows, the comfort and sweetness of peace.” — Helen Steiner Rice stillness and quiet spin-offs of evening’s light undeniably healing * * * Quiet beauty of great white stepping through the marsh intensified in golden light • Photo and “Stillness” haiku by … More Stillness
“Some are not who they say they are, and some are not who they seem to be.” — Ellen Raskin disguised for the day decked out in yellow or pink safe for one more year * * * Gozzi’s Turkey Farm is known for its “Guilford Gozzi White” turkeys that are brightly colored with natural … More Disguised
“The piano keys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind.” — Maria Cristina Mena nature’s own music piano key butterfly melody of wings * * * The Piano Key Butterfly is named for its distinctive black and white wing markings, resembling the keys of a piano. A Central … More Piano Keys
“The great secret of getting what you want from life is knowing what you want and believing you can have it.” — Epictetus triumphant straight dive fishing requires more than luck unswerving focus * * * Osprey dives straight for catch of the day • Photo by Jan Logozzo • “Focus” haiku by Mary O’Connor … More Focus
“Few footprints of the great remain in the sand before the ever-flowing tide.” — Robert Aris Willmott rising and falling erasing pages of sand tides of renewal * * * Low tide leaves few footprints to be followed • Low Tide photo and “Footprints” haiku by Mary O’Connor © 2025
“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.” — Robert Henri wildness of water calming to suffering souls entranced by its spell * * * Seagull sits for hours, mesmerized • Photo by Jan Logozzo • “Spellbound” haiku by Mary … More Spellbound
“Life’s a wheel of fortune and it’s my chance to spin it.” — Tupac Shakur kissed by the sun mesmerizing whorl of gold wheel of good fortune * * * Sunflower spins its wheel of lucky golden petals • Photo by Jan Logozzo • “Good Fortune” haiku by Mary O’Connor © 2025
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 