“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” — Luciano Pavarotti dining out is good enjoy sense of fine feasting take-out menu works * * * Tender spring leaves make tasty roadside snack for young white-tailed … More Dining Out
“You can always improve your situation. But you do so by facing it, not by running away.” — Brad Warner run forward not back always pursue happiness it’s out there somewhere * * * Running Away ~ Startled white-tailed deer take flight through the marsh ٭ Photo and “In Pursuit” haiku by Mary O’Connor © … More In Pursuit
“Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.” — Sophocles hiding treasured things better to keep in plain sight no one will look there * * * Hiding ~ “Is it safe to come out?” • Photo of white-tailed deer hiding in woods by Jan Logozzo • “Hiding” haiku poem by … More Hiding
“If we are willing to be still and open enough to listen, wilderness itself will teach us.” — Steven Harper “There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.” — Linda Hogan * * … More Be Still and Listen
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment, then where is it to be found?” — JB Priestley * * * White tailed deer, … More Magical new world
Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful.” — Kailash Satyarth “Childhood is a short season.” — Helen Hayes “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is … More “Childhood means simplicity.
Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2013
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 