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.
"Preface": Excerpt from AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Philadelphia.
"Winter Paths": "Nature's Way" essay on paths of possibility.
"Song of the Woods": "Nature's Way" essay on an invisible singer.
"Message Sent; Message Received": "Nature's Way" essay on communications devices.
"Dawnsong and Sundance": "Nature's Way" essay on the coming of the light.
"Fruit on the Floor": "Nature's Way" essay on when the time is ripe.
"E Pluribus Unum": "Nature's Way" essay on the many languages of mint.
"I Know Where the Bees Went": "Nature's Way" essay on flower power.
"To See the World in a Grain of Pollen": "Nature's Way" essay about the madness of trees.
"Nothing Doing: Great Blue Herons at Quakertown Swamp." "The Nature of Bucks" essay on the virtues of sitting.
"Snowfates": "Nature's Way" essay about falling snowflakes.
"Night and Day": "Nature's Way" essay about the well-dressed moon.
A View From the Bridge" - "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a bridge that people can't help but stop in the middle of.
"Perchance to Dream" - "Nature's Way" essay about a sleeping goldenrod gall fly larva.
"The Manderfield Preserve" -"The Nature of Bucks" essay about an autumn woods walk.
"Now Playing - The Chimney Swifts": "Nature's Way" essay on migrating swifts at the movies.
"Giving Pond Recreation Area": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a paddlers' haven.
"Into the Damp": "Nature's Way" essay on salamanders under rocks.
"Meadow and Woods at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on the yin and yang of summer.
"I Feel a Song Coming On": "Nature's Way" essay on why birds sing.
"Church View Drive (Nockamixon State Park)": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on prime spring hunting grounds.
"Point Pleasant Community Park": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a ravine.
"At Your Service": "Nature's Way" essay on bird landscapers.
"A Fete for the Fetid": "Nature's Way" essay on a welcome winter flower.
"The Wilma Quinlan Nature Preserve": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a preserve and the woman who preserved it.
"Top Rock Trail"": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on trail up Haycock Mountain
"Smooth or Chunky?": "Nature's Way" essay about uneven ground.
"Here's Looking At You": "Nature's Way" essay about a fascinating fungus.