Reflections: Nature 34 Articles

by Sandra Cole

A PRICKLY QUESTION: WHY DO I PICK BLACKBERRIES? The late summer sun beats down. Mosquitoes drone about on search and annoy missions. My sweatshirt and jeans become soggy as my body tries to compensate for this cruel and ...read more

by Robert Seward

THE FLOCKING OF BIRDS [9/16/02/RCS] It is mid-September and the migratory birds have made an early departure from the area. The dry weather has reduced the food supplies, so they search for better habitats. It makes se...read more

by Ruth Fortson

Day was drawing to it's close, the sun painted the sky lavender and gold and orange and blood-red in rehearsal for her final bow. Pacing stealthily, a bone white egret, silent as a shadow,stalked his prey. With telescoping...read more

by Deb Longley

The last red-orange shaft of sunlight caught a tiny yellow flower that happened to be pointed in just the right direction to give the observer, who turned out to be me, the impression that it was glowing from within. That...read more

by Stephen Ryder

Whether its the daily grind, the term paper due next week, or the simple stresses adding up into a complex winding maze in your head. There is always a place where life seems to reflect its truest image. Where you can mo...read more

by Tiffany J. Baker

Nature Change as it may, and change as it might, nature my friend is always in sight! As I become a slave for a day in the concrete jungle, referred to many as "work", I long for the time to be lost again. I want to b...read more

by Andie Anderson

I am up late tonight writing. I had to let the dog out to go to the bathroom, and there is this mockingbird at two in the morning singing away. All I can think of is what a beautiful way to have insomnia that isn't affec...read more

by The Idea Girl

Today I took a nature walk at the local petting zoo. So many changes, since I was last there. A new sparkling fountain. The swoosh of water falling into an umbrella like state. The honking of the goose, who was looking...read more

by Dan Balcom

I woke up just before the alarm went off as usual, pulled back the covers and stumbled across the floor to the phone and punched in the code to turn off the alarm. Turned on the lights and headed across the room to the bat...read more

by Graham King

I think being alone outdoors is an experience worth having. It can have beneficial effects which may surprise you. They surprised me! Last year, 2007, I felt a deep need to get out and among nature. I was feeling restr...read more

by Pink Sahara

Million miles from home Looking up the skies above me on this one lonely evening, I was wondering if my children could be seeing the same twinkling stars and white clouds above me. Could they be wishing the same wish I...read more

by Dominick Murray

The Old Lady of the Sea The cockerel squabble erupting from the mango tree outside roused me from my fatigue induced slumber. It was early, earlier than I would have cared to have risen after almost twenty-four hours ...read more

by Joseph Yannuzzi Jr.

DEATH IN THE SNOW Falling quietly, the first snow of the season bathed the rumpled limp form in an eerie white glow. He was still warm to the touch as I reached down and gently stroked his soft thick fur. It was "Taw...read more

by Yvon Vachon

I don't exactly know why, but I am so very fond of the small, meandering St. Charles River, here, in Quebec City. The city is so much better known for the shores of the majestic St. Lawrence River, a series of cliffs ov...read more

by Janette Peel

Nature is everywhere, and even though it sometimes seems to be sidelined by modern life, its presence is vital to our existence. Nature is all around us and has always been with us. Our ancestors lived much closer to n...read more

by Gabrielle Morgan

TIME OUT I walked under the old elm trees. It was a cold winter's day and the air was sharp. There was no one to break the stillness. I was conscious only of the dank smell of wet leaves underfoot and the sheep an...read more

by Frances Turner

It's a sunny 9 AM, late spring, on the little wooden bridge that crosses the creek. Great plump clouds float by lazily on a calm blue sea of unending sky. The birds circle and chase each other overhead like playful lovers....read more

by Jason Hill

Autumnal equinox: Although the term sounds quite scientific, it is simply a fancy name for the beginning of fall. If you really want to get technical, it is the time when the sun crosses the equator, making night and day o...read more

by Logan Petty

April 23, 2008 Today I find myself on the highest available point in Jacksonville; the twelfth floor of the University Library.How did I get here? It all started with my first step outdoors today. I got up later than ex...read more

by Persephoneo

I never was enamored of the great outdoors. After moving to a rural area at the age of twelve, my allergies emerged and for the springs and summers after we moved I remained inside in order to limit my exposure to the out...read more