Because Nature Tells Me So

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Nature is the ultimate teller of tales. I write them down. You'll hear about animals, plants, landscapes, and other elements of the natural world that I encounter in the wilds of the Delaware Valley.

Susan Charkes


    • May 1, 2010 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 4m AVG DURATION
    • 28 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Because Nature Tells Me So

    01 May 2010 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2010 4:07


    "Preface": Excerpt from AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Philadelphia.

    29 Jan 2010 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2010 3:48


    "Winter Paths": "Nature's Way" essay on paths of possibility.

    23 Aug 2009 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2009 5:18


    "Song of the Woods": "Nature's Way" essay on an invisible singer.

    25 Sep 2008 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2008 5:47


    "Message Sent; Message Received": "Nature's Way" essay on communications devices.

    23 May 2008 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2008 4:48


    "Dawnsong and Sundance": "Nature's Way" essay on the coming of the light.

    25 Nov 2007 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2007 6:07


    "Fruit on the Floor": "Nature's Way" essay on when the time is ripe.

    24 Sept 2007 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2007 4:47


    "E Pluribus Unum": "Nature's Way" essay on the many languages of mint.

    26 July 2007 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2007 3:49


    "I Know Where the Bees Went": "Nature's Way" essay on flower power.

    19 June 2007 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2007 4:43


    "To See the World in a Grain of Pollen": "Nature's Way" essay about the madness of trees.

    14 May 2007 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2007 4:35


    "Nothing Doing: Great Blue Herons at Quakertown Swamp." "The Nature of Bucks" essay on the virtues of sitting.

    15 April 2007 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2007 4:21


    "Snowfates": "Nature's Way" essay about falling snowflakes.

    04 March 2007 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2007 3:53


    "Night and Day": "Nature's Way" essay about the well-dressed moon.

    17 January 2007 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2007 5:13


    A View From the Bridge" - "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a bridge that people can't help but stop in the middle of.

    21 December 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2006 4:07


    "Perchance to Dream" - "Nature's Way" essay about a sleeping goldenrod gall fly larva.

    26 Nov 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2006 3:42


    "The Manderfield Preserve" -"The Nature of Bucks" essay about an autumn woods walk.

    09 Nov 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2006 4:29


    "Now Playing - The Chimney Swifts": "Nature's Way" essay on migrating swifts at the movies.

    17 Sept 2006 episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2006 3:56


    "Giving Pond Recreation Area": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a paddlers' haven.

    23 July 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2006 3:48


    "Into the Damp": "Nature's Way" essay on salamanders under rocks.

    02 Sept 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2006 4:03


    "Meadow and Woods at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on the yin and yang of summer.

    18 June 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2006 3:32


    "I Feel a Song Coming On": "Nature's Way" essay on why birds sing.

    8 June 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2006 4:11


    "Church View Drive (Nockamixon State Park)": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on prime spring hunting grounds.

    11 May 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2006 4:29


    "Point Pleasant Community Park": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a ravine.

    30 April 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2006 5:43


    "At Your Service": "Nature's Way" essay on bird landscapers.

    18 March 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2006 5:24


    "A Fete for the Fetid": "Nature's Way" essay on a welcome winter flower.

    4 March 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2006 3:52


    "The Wilma Quinlan Nature Preserve": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a preserve and the woman who preserved it.

    25 February 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2006 4:17


    "Top Rock Trail"": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on trail up Haycock Mountain

    21 Jan 2006 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2006 4:32


    "Smooth or Chunky?": "Nature's Way" essay about uneven ground.

    9 Dec 2005 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2005 4:53


    "Here's Looking At You": "Nature's Way" essay about a fascinating fungus.

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