Because Nature Tells Me So

"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.

"Frozen Time": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a waterfall in winter.

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.