Monday, September 12, 2005
The Labyrinth of Nature
Edwin Way Teale, Circle of the Seasons. The Journal of a Naturalist's Year (November 1):
Newer› ‹Older
It occurred to me today that an interest in nature leads you into a kind of enchanted labyrinth. You wander from corridor to corridor; one interest leads to another; one discovery to another discovery. It matters little where you begin. You may first fall under the spell of birds or wild flowers or you may become curious about lichens or grasshoppers or trees or rocks or fossils or waterweeds. If you have any inquisitiveness at all, you soon find yourself branching off, wandering enchanted down charming bypaths.
