Our Doubts Are Traitors

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

…You Have But Slumbered Here

If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumbered here
While these visions did appear.

William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

These lines from Midsummer Night’s Dream reminded me of this  gathering twilight of  a summer past.   On warm, humid July evenings, this lake in the midst of suburban Detroit becomes a social spot where people come to fish, canoe, strum guitars, or just watch the stars come out.

William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and traditionally this is the date for celebrating his birth.

 

Newburgh Lake, Michigan