A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
Oscar Wilde

Iargo Springs, Huron Nat’l Forest, Michigan
Iargo Springs, Huron Nat’l Forest, Michigan
–Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Nobel laureate for literature, Soviet Gulag survivor
Hartwick Pines, Michigan
The Au Sable River, in northern Michigan.
Au Sable River, Michigan
George Bernard Shaw, and oft quoted by Robert Kennedy
River Rouge, Michigan
Kensington Park, Michigan
Matthaei Gardens, Michigan
The model of true playfulness lies in the need of all young creatures, animal and human, to leap. To truly leap, you must learn how to use the ground as a springboard and how to land resiliently and safely. It means to test the leeway allowed by given limits. Wherever playfulness prevails, there is always a surprising element, and at its best suggesting some new chance conquered, some divine leeway shared.
–Erik Erikson
Fleming Creek, Michigan
Fleming Creek, Michigan Spring runoff
The model of true playfulness lies in the need of all young creatures, animal and human, to leap. To truly leap, you must learn how to use the ground as a springboard and how to land resiliently and safely. It means to test the leeway allowed by given limits. Wherever playfulness prevails, there is always a surprising element, and at its best suggesting some new chance conquered, some divine leeway shared.
–Erik Erikson
Fleming Creek, Michigan
Fleming Creek, Michigan Spring runoff
I have used the eminent psychologist’s quote in prior posts, but I felt it had special meaning in these uncertain times. As Dr. Erikson often ended his talks, Take care. Which especially applies now to yourself and all of us together.
Hope can be symbolized by a blue sky reflected in tranquil water or flowers budding by a stream swollen with Spring rains. Or hope can be seen in the shimmering light gracing trees on a hill or heard in a stream gurgling over rocks in a northern forest.
Kensington Park, Michigan
Pine River, Michigan
Huron National Forest
Au Sable River, Michigan
Tacquamenon Falls, Michigan
Tacquamenon River, Michgan