A reminder

I was just reminded of the Annie Dillard quote from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.

“It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won’t stoop to pick up a penny, but if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then since the world is in fact panted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. It is that simple. What you see is what you get.”

I didn't know what to expect when I entered Edwards Wetland. I didn't know what I would "see." Although the research left me a little disappointed, I will never forget this place. I'll return every year to see the changes. I wonder how long it will take before all the snags are gone. Will it be twenty years, or more? Where will the woodpeckers go when all their homes have fallen. I'd like to know. I must afford myself the luxury of visiting this place.