Springtime Harbinger
May 23, 2013
Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes. – Carl Friedrich Gauss — Red-winged blackbird photo, Mary O’Connor © 2013
Category: Photography
Name this Flower
May 20, 2013
Can anyone name this delightful flower I saw in a field by the Connecticut River this weekend? Based on its shape and variegated color, my imagination saw it as an Indian Paintbrush. Curiously though, the images of my wildflower ID resources didn’t match when I later checked it out. Perhaps someone can tell me what it is? Maybe some kind of clover? In the meantime, … More Name this Flower
“The sun has come out… and the air is vivid with spring light.” ~Byron Caldwell Smith
May 6, 2013
This weekend, the sun was out in full briliance, and so were all us mortals, soaking up its life affirming beauty. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2013
Finches’ Nest
May 2, 2013
Two finches build a nest of grasses, interwoven with the tiniest of white spring blossoms— soft grasses cradle delicate eggs, blossoms speak to the fragility of hope. * * * Finches’ Nest – photo and poem by Mary O’Connor © 2013
Listen for their Music
April 25, 2013
I hear the wind among the trees Playing the celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Celebrate National Arbor Day this Friday, April 26. Plant a tree, give the gift of a tree, give yourself the gift of listening to their music. Photo by … More Listen for their Music
Who Are the Trees?
April 22, 2013
“Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore, poet and voice of India’s spiritual heritage. Trees — in truth — offer no words, no answers, no intent. But feel their furrowed and ancient limbs. Gather their seeds. Be still, and ponder presence. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2013
When Morning Comes
April 18, 2013
Today is a day for pocketeers. Sponsored by poets.org, National Poem in Your Pocket Day is a day to put a poem in your pocket and share its words–and joy–with others. According to the Academy of American Poets, millions of American will be doing so. Using this blog as my pocket, here’s one I thought I’d … More When Morning Comes
The Rose
April 16, 2013
Perhaps life is NOT full of sweet spots. Perhaps I misrepresented the truth when I named my book—Life Is Full of Sweet Spots. I thought this as my soul chattered and wept in the wake of yesterday’s anything but sweet attack at the Boston Marathon, barely four months following the shootings at Sandy Hook. How could … More The Rose
Let the Light Shine
April 15, 2013
New London (CT) Ledge Light, built in the early 1900s as a distinctive red brick building with mansard roof and granite detailing, helps vessels to make their way through the outlying shoals and ledges surrounding the harbor entrance. When it was first lighted, the New London Day reported its characteristic three white flashes followed by … More Let the Light Shine
Hope springs eternal…
April 11, 2013
When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” – author unknown Photo by Mary O’Connor, © 2013
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 