“But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep.”
April 14, 2014
“That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.” — James Levine # # # Harbor seals photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Category: Sea
Why do we love the sea?
March 31, 2014
“It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.” * * * Credits: Marble mosaic with ocean life motif, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Lago Mar Resort and Club; Mary O’Connor photo; Robert Henri quote.
If you spend your whole life…
March 24, 2014
waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine. — Morris West * * * Photo credit, Mary O’Connor © 2014 ̶
Requiem
March 6, 2014
Always, even before the mountains were born, it was the sea that folded its dark soul around algae bloom and plankton and embryonic fishes, around ashen rain and shattered prisms of light, and offered up its titanic floor as the resting place of life. Consider that broken shell just washed ashore, its barnacle covered walls … More Requiem
We all have a social mask, right?
February 27, 2014
We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we’re cabable of. — Phil McGraw * * * Photo credit: Jan Logozzo © 2014
…there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away. — Sarah Kay
February 20, 2014
The sea is a force that connects, both by its ageless presence and its tomorrow’s hold. But, mostly, its strength resides in the powers that pull it and us from one horizon to the next, that cause sailors to stand and to face the sea and salute. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2013
A ship is safe in the harbor,
February 17, 2014
but that’s not what ships are built for. — Guel Attel Feed your sense of wonder with the voyages of dreams, adventure and discovery. * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
The tide recedes, exposing a page of sand.
January 13, 2014
“The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It’s personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will. It has a unique scent. It requires deciphering.” — Ashton Kutcher * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
You can’t change the wind, you can, however, adjust your sails. — Unknown
October 10, 2013
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain * * * Photos by Mary O’Connor © … More You can’t change the wind, you can, however, adjust your sails. — Unknown
Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest, smile. – William Cullen Bryant
October 7, 2013
Setting the stage for the reds and golds of autmn’s foliage still to come, the summer marsh breaks into its own contagious rash of color. * * * Photo credit: Jan Logozzo
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 