“Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson in cold of winter sunstruck sand bank of beach grass preferred to snow bank * * * Bank Deposit ~ Summer sun deposits gold on sand bank • Acrylics painting and “Sunstruck” haiku poem by Mary O’Connor © 2023
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale For the past fifteen years, visitors to the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Conn., have admired the painted palettes by contemporary artists hung on Miss Florence’s Artist Trees. Alluding to the Lyme Art … More The Magic of Christmas
because it gives them a different way to experience the river, the landscape and…life.” — David Finch. (Kayak on Beach, acrylics painting by Mary O’Connor © 2015) “It is such a great way to take in a wide range of experiences. When we paddle, the experience of place moves from the brain to the heart, making it … More “I like to encourage people to paddle
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 