New Beginnings
May 11, 2017
“And suddenly you know… It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” — Meister Eckhart * * * Fresh Start — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Category: Nature
Peace
May 4, 2017
“When despair for the world grows in me…I go and lie down where…the great heron feeds, I come into the peace of wild things….” Listen here to Wendell Berry read the complete The Peace of Wild Things as published in Wendell Berry, New Collected Poems © Counterpoint, 3/26/2013. * * * Great Blue Heron, watercolor painting … More Peace
Just Wait
May 1, 2017
“Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.” — Paulo Coelho * * * Waiting to Fully Be — Daffodils-in-wait photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Rear view
April 27, 2017
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson * * * Straight Ahead — Swan photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Street life
April 17, 2017
Lined up along the ledge, above the streets and gutters where they huddle together, tucking their beaks under blankets of dirty wings, until nodding and bobbing their heads, they take up the spin of the world turning round— and return to the spoils of the street, eyes rimmed red. * * * Street life — Poem and photo … More Street life
In the pink
April 13, 2017
“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.” — B.K.S. Lyengar “Pink isn’t just a color, it’s an attitude!” — Miley Cyrus * * * Plain Pink! — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Showy
April 10, 2017
“A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life if a full life.” — Rick Warren * * * The bountiful Royal Pink Bougainvillea makes a showy, but highly popular ornamental. — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Greatest gift
April 6, 2017
“One of the greatest gifts you can give anyone is the gift of attention.” — Jim Rohn * * * “Roxi” — Watercolor painting by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Smothered
April 3, 2017
“Worrisome thoughts and their resulting feelings are a form of self-strangulation. They not only strangle your emotions. They affect your physical life as well, and your ability to focus and get things done.” — Andrew J. Bernstein * * * “Smothered” — Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton, Florida. Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2017
Togetherness
March 23, 2017
“Living in harmony with one another brings inner tranquility.” — Lailah Gifty * * * “Our world” — Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2017
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 