Red Barn in Solitude

It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am the more affection I have for them…. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say. Thomas Merton

Photographed in central Door [...]

Early Morning Fog

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day’s work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. Henri Matisse

I was driving too fast on the Door County country roads to reach Lake Michigan which often affords lovely sunrises but inland fog was slowing my efforts. I finally slowed the car enough to look out [...]