“Are you trapped in a situation, or are you trapped in how you are thinking about the situation?” — Akiroq Brost * * * Cormorant hooked on derelict fishing line.* — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2018 *Fishing piers are often places where miscast fishing lures and lines become wrapped around pilings, entangling birds … More Trapped
“You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.” — Andrew Murphy * * * Breeze and Tiller Kelsey wait to escape from behind their screen door walls. – Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.” — Cullen Hightower * * * Iguana trapped by Anhinga. Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2016
Sometimes I sit with my back pressed against a wall of sky, until the winds shift and the clouds pass by. * * * Poem, Wall of Sky by Mary O’Connor, originally published in Dreams of a Wingless Child © 2007 Wheatmark, Tuscon, Ariz. © 2007. Photo, Charles W. Morgan whaling ship docked in New London, CT, by Jan … More Wall of Sky
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 