Tag Archive: Lake Michigan

Lacquered Beach

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun. –… Continue reading

Ice Caps

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore… I hear it in the deep heart’s core. – William Butler Yeats

Defying Gravity

It is in all of us to defy expectations; To go into the world and to be brave and to want, to need, to hunger for adventures; To embrace change and chance and… Continue reading

Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I… Continue reading

Seven Swans

When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad And every lass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round… Continue reading