Loss

“I guess by now I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone – you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence.” — Alyson Noel “Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot. All of … More Loss

Perspective

“When you’re in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things to. That’s the consolation of philosophy.” — David Cronenberg *   *   * Which way shall I go? … More Perspective

Flight

“If you wish to fly to new heights, begin by setting your sights on a destination you can reach and then create a flight plan, a map, that will be your guide.” — Debbie Ford *   *   * New Heights —  Great White Heron photo by Jan Logozzo © 2018  

Looking Glass

“If you’re searching for that one person that will change your life, look in the mirror.” — Unknown *   *   * White on Black — American Pekin ducks photo by Jan Logozzo © 2018  

Pushover

  “It’s easy to think that people will like you more if you do whatever they tell you to do, but it’s quite the opposite. People don’t appreciate pushovers – they use them.” — Osayi Osar Emokpae *   *   * “Hey, that’s my space!” —  Video of iguanas claiming sunniest spot on rocks, by … More Pushover

Away from home

“Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.” — Unknown This Egyptian Goose is a long way from home. A native of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Nile Valley and parts of the Middle East, the species was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. Imported into Great Britain in the 18th … More Away from home

Promise

“Frost grows on the window glass, forming whorl patterns of lovely translucent geometry. Breathe on the glass, and you give frost more ammunition. Now it can build castles and cities and whole ice continents with your breath’s vapor. In a few blinks you can almost see the winter fairies moving in.” — Vera Nazarian   … More Promise

Seasonal Order

“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.” — Anton Chekhov *   *   * “Goodbye winter, hello sunshine!” — Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2018

Missed Opportunity

“There’s only one thing I never did and wish I had done: climbed over a fence.” — Mary of Teck *   *   * “I just know the grass is greener…” — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2018

Migration

“Migration is as natural as breathing, as eating, as sleeping. It is part of life, part of nature. So we have to find a way of establishing a proper kind of scenario for modern migration to exist. And when I say ‘we,’ I mean the world. We need to find ways of making that migration … More Migration