“Winter is the time for comfort,
December 28, 2015
for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” ― Edith Sitwell, British poet Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
Tag: comfort
Beautiful Strength
May 7, 2015
Hiding their delicate bloom in heart-shaped leaves, they lift their seemingly shy heads from the forest floor, understated harbingers of spring after winter, life after death. Some, dressed in white, speak of beauty and purity both. Others, in stains of purple, pause the viewer’s soul at the edges of mourning, whispering since the days of antiquity … More Beautiful Strength
“Nature is by and large to be found out of doors,
March 19, 2015
a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.” — Fran Lebowitz * * * Photos by Jan Logozzo © 2015
“When I learn something new – and it happens every day –
May 26, 2014
“I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.” — Bill Moyers * * * Baby mourning doves in nest, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Perhaps love is like a resting place,
February 10, 2014
a shelter from the storm, it exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm, and in those times of trouble, when you are most alone, the memory of love will bring you home. – John Denver * * * Photo credit, Mary O’Connor © 2014
The warmth of togetherness…
January 20, 2014
“In misery it is great comfort to have a companion.” – John Lyly * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
The Rose
April 16, 2013
Perhaps life is NOT full of sweet spots. Perhaps I misrepresented the truth when I named my book—Life Is Full of Sweet Spots. I thought this as my soul chattered and wept in the wake of yesterday’s anything but sweet attack at the Boston Marathon, barely four months following the shootings at Sandy Hook. How could … More The Rose
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 