Austen HayesSep 14, 20205 minMorning Sounds"To love another person (creature), is to see the face of God." ~ Victor Hugo 4:30AM. The day begins with the familiar sounds of birds...
Austen HayesFeb 17, 20191 minWalking: Where The Mind Is Free To Wander"...have space to spread my mind out in." ~Virginia Woolf When we want answers we head to Google. We sit at computers, sit on the train,...
Austen HayesDec 16, 20183 minDose #9: Must We Be So Afraid?A Holiday Note. In this year of 2018 we watched as the world trembled with sorrow and destruction. At the same time, we've been witness...
Austen HayesMay 4, 20184 minTaking Time"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." ~Lao Tzu We love going "to the country", leaving the confines and bustle of city...
Austen HayesApr 15, 20183 minDo No Harm"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but...
Austen HayesApr 7, 20182 minThis Extraordinary DayFaced with death, people come alive, seeing everything as if for the first time...an expression they will no longer see, words they will...
Austen HayesApr 2, 20183 minSense and Sensitivities"Information is not knowledge." ~ Albert Einstein Freud and Erickson wrote of life stages - focus and purpose changing with experience...
Austen HayesMar 24, 20182 minWinter-Ending Walk"When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their...
Austen HayesMar 17, 20182 minYour Time, Your Life; How Do You Spend It?It seems the less time spent with t.v., social media, magazines, the more we have to give. Our quality of connecting improves...less...
Austen HayesMar 10, 20182 minAccepting the self as nature"You must not know too much, or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and water-craft; a certain free margin,...
Austen HayesMar 3, 20182 minMeeting the house finch"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all." ~ Emily...
Austen HayesFeb 10, 20181 minMerely to Be With NatureI watched the other day as a small red fox walked into the yard, perched on the stone wall, looking towards the house as he groomed...
Austen HayesJan 19, 20181 minBeauty in the ordinary"Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary." ~Blaise Pascal A simple setting allows the human eye...
Austen HayesJan 12, 20181 minBest FriendWhen I photograph Beale I generally take a side or back shot...he's completely blind. I almost feel I'm protecting his dignity to not...