Because Nature Tells Me So: Recent Episodes

Susan Charkes

Observations about nature in the Philadelphia countryside

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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