“If light is in your heart,
April 9, 2015
you will find your way home. — Rumi * * * Young Muslim girl outside her home, Stone Town, Zanzibar. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2010
Category: Travel
“Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet…” — Ann Landers
March 30, 2015
“Brilliance is neither a fashion or a style, a trend or an ambience! It’s an awakening of our luminous ingenuity.” — Jasmina Siderovski * * * Evening boat cruise reflections on the New River, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photo by Capt. Lauralee Conklin
“If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt,
March 16, 2015
or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.” — Jonathan Safran Foer “The way humans hunt for parking and the way animals hunt for food are not as different as you might think.” —Tom Vanderbilt * * * Cheetah on the hunt, Serengeti, Tanzania; photos by Mary O’Connor © 2010 … More “If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt,
We did not all come over on the same ship,
March 12, 2015
but we are all in the same boat. — Bernard Baruch * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“Peace.
March 9, 2015
It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” — Unknown “The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero … More “Peace.
“All the uglinesses of the world…
December 11, 2014
“can best be forgotten in the beauty of nature.” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan When admiring the beauty of East Africa’s aptly named Superb Starling, it is easy to miss the tangled sharp barbs of the Whistling Thorn in which it perches. * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“We can always find something to be thankful for,
December 8, 2014
and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.” — Albert Barnes * * * Dark water vernal pond in Gilead (CT) woods, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
November 20, 2014
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.” — Robert Frost * * * Gilead, Connecticut, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“The biggest sin in the world
November 13, 2014
would be if I lost my love for the ocean.” — Laird Hamilton * * * Kite surfing at Mayflower Beach, Dennis, Cape Cod, Mass. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days,
October 23, 2014
and as an opal changes its colors and its fire to match the nature of a day, so do I.” ― John Steinbeck “The day before was cold and crisp, so as the sun came out on what was predicted to be a warmer day, you can see the effect of the changeover on the … More “There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days,
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