Hunter at heart
April 16, 2018
“The path to success is to take massive, determined actions.” — Tony Robbins * * * Hunter at heart — Eastern Gray Squirrel photo by Mary O’Connor © 2018
Category: Photography
Happy Face
April 12, 2018
“We can bring positive energy into our daily lives by smiling more, talking to strangers in line, replacing handshakes with hugs, and calling our friends just to tell them we love them.” — Brandon Jenner * * * Anyone know what this ‘happy face’ pale yellow flower, found growing in sunny Florida, is … More Happy Face
Standing Tall
April 5, 2018
“Stand up for what is right even if you stand alone.” — Suzy Kassem * * * Standing Tall — Great Blue Heron photo by Mary O’Connor © 2018
Experiment
April 2, 2018
“You have right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too.” — Anaïs Nin Frank Stella: Experiment and Change exhibition at NSU Art Museum, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, offers insight into the artist’s experimentation from minimalism (e.g. the geometry of simple black paintings) to maximalism (e.g. the spatially complex sculptures … More Experiment
Stalking
March 26, 2018
“…in nature there are predators and prey. The hunters and the hunted. The heartbreakers and the heartbroken. The beautiful thing is that Nature lets us choose which we want to be, most people never make the choice though because they don’t even know they have it.” — Lynn Weingarten * * * Green … More Stalking
Underground
March 22, 2018
beneath city’s feet cavernous niches of life light just a little * * * Underground life — “beneath city’s feet” Haiku poem by Mary O’Connor; photo of iguana on RR trestle by Mary O’Connor; © 2018
Identity
March 15, 2018
“I think every person has their own identity and beauty. Everyone being different is what is really beautiful. If we were all the same, it would be boring.” — individuality * * * Which is which, and whose is whose? — Photo by Kevin Logozzo © 2018
Tentativeness
March 12, 2018
“Certainty creates strength. Certainty gives one something upon which to learn. Uncertainty creates weakness. Uncertainty makes one tentative if not fearful, and tentative steps, even when in the right direction, may not overcome significant obstacles.” — John M. Barry * * * Normally fleet-footed plover takes tentative steps over shore rocks — Photo by … More Tentativeness
Loss
February 26, 2018
“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
February 22, 2018
“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
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