“Magical places are always beautiful and deserve to be contemplated.” — Paul Coelho transforming beauty in unexpected places markers of magic * * * Lobster Trap Tree ~ Lobster traps hung with 454 hand-painted buoys stand at the Stonington, Connecticut town dock in celebration of the town’s fishing industry heritage • Photo by Jan Logozzo … More Magic Markers
“Traveling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta favorable winds travels to uncharted ports sightings of stories * * * Storyteller Tales ~ Travel memories trapped in voyage keepsakes • “Storyteller” haiku, post and Florence Griswold Museum holiday display photo by Mary O’Connor © 2023
“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.” — Pamela Hansford Johnson burning crevices saturated sponge of fire folded into night * * * Saturated ~ Sponge of fire washes the sky • Photo and “On Fire” haiku by Mary O’Connor © 2023
“Lighthouses are endlessly suggestive signifiers of both human isolation and our ultimate connectedness to each other.” – Virginia Woolf strength in stone and light guardians of timelessness protectors of life * * * Never Sleeps ~ Oldest working lighthouse in US, Sandy Hook, NJ • Photo by Jan Logozzo • Blog post and “Protector” haiku … More Protector
“My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.” — Rabindranath Tagore oh, the day is done with it goes clear light of time shooting stars move in * * * Shrewsbury River Sunset ~ Boats at rest as sun … More Day Is Done
“The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.” — Robert Louis Stevenson life at career’s end turn in the road leads forward start of something new * * * 18 yellow brick Fort Hancock Officer’s Row buildings stand silently … More Retirement
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” — Lao Tzu watch the heron fish stand still, alert to presence lesson in patience * * * Master of the Fish ~ Great Blue Heron stands still and waits out his prey • “Patience” haiku and watercolor painting … More Patience
“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretense.” — Marcus Aurelius bait fish serve as lure sea churns in feeding mayhem sky of frenzied wings * * * Feeding Frenzy ~ Gulls jostle for fish • Photo by Jan Logozzo • Blog … More Frenzy
“Diversity in the world is a basic characteristic of human society, and also the key condition for a lively and dynamic world as we see today.” — Hu Jintao mixed heritage community assembled diverse by nature * * * All Shapes, Colors, Sizes ~ Beach association craft anchor together • Photo by Jan Logozzo • … More Diversity
“When you possess light within, you see it externally.” — Anas Nin * * * Galaxy ~ One thousand candles • Photo by Andrew Finn • “Brilliance” haiku by Mary O’Connor © 2023
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