by Magicant
My natural environment. My natural environment's relationship to me is the university's relationship to the student. My natural environment is my university. The classes taught here are grim ones indeed. The professor...read more
by Quyen Ho
A solution for Global warming If I could make a scientific discovery, I would invent a scientific machine that can produce oxygen by using energy from sunlight and carbon dioxide. Yes, we can plant more trees and protect ...read more
Nature brings a breath of fresh air to our World. It makes our world look so beautiful. I have always loved visiting places, concentrated with nature such, as national parks. Unfortunately, last holiday I was not able to v...read more
by Jean Evans
Autumn Rain Clouds hang low overhead, covering the sky like a huge gray quilt. Lower still, wispy clouds chase quickly after each other, racing eastward. A mist hangs like a curtain over the coppery-green hills in the ...read more
Nature is all around us: flowers, trees, deer and so much more. I enjoy the beauty of it all. I wonder how it is that such a tiny flower can be so flawless. I find it interesting that there are three different shaped leave...read more
THE CLOUD MAKERS I have heard that clouds existed long before what we know of now as the Big Bang and the creation of our universe. They were the first to visibly enter this realm from the ethereal in the form of fine ...read more
by David Parker
Nature and Humanity: The Conflict and the Chaos It is vital that we heed the naturalist of our history, for they are our predecessors and lovers of nature, and through them we can understand what is virtuous in our natu...read more
REDWOODS: THE OLD AND THE YOUNG There's something about the Redwood Forest.something as compelling, awesome, and overwhelming as the contemplation of the universe. There you find the giant, stoic ancients who have bee...read more
by Paul Curtis
HEART OF OAK It's 1660 and after the death of the puritan tyrant Cromwell the monarchy has been restored under Charles the II. In the south of England the summer is fading as the land is hastened into autumn. Jay and ...read more
WHY DO WE NEED NATURE? In the eyes of many Nature is essential for the survival of the human race. Its forest areas provide recreation, a habitat for fowl and beast, absorbs harmful Carbon Dioxide and exhales ingredie...read more
by Jack Winter
Fishing June 16, 2008 A couple of days ago I decided to get away from the turbid hustle and bustle of blue collar life. The depth of my wallet could not sustain a prolonged journey to some far off place where dryads ...read more
By the time I was 8 years old, I had come to dread the sight of pine trees. Our town seemed to be filled to it's borders with them. I associated them with the people of this area, the general unhappiness that I associated ...read more
by Deb Longley
Naivete Naivete: "marked by unaffected simplicity; deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment." -Webster Thus, naivete, if we could perhaps set aside our preconceptions of the word, could conceivably be the id...read more
ARCADIAN LANDSCAPE Melody of Life is an imaginary, associative travel in the poetry of Nature Green pasture lands, immense extents of ground, scattered with trees of each kind, splendid aquamarine rivers and crystal...read more
by T.C Leonard
No matter how much man seems to try to destroy things, Mother Nature is a powerful force that is not easily defeated. Urban sprawl has pushed the natural boundaries further and further away from the vast majority of us, b...read more
Nature, when you look out at the blue of the ocean you know that it's beauty from God. You know that know one other then him could paint such a picture,especially on a crystal clear day. When you walk through the par...read more
VACATION MEMOIRS During my early school years, late summer was that time of year when my family closed up the Oklahoma home and we drove the three long grueling days to New England to see our relatives. I didn't mind ...read more
you can't beat nature if you camp outside the fresh air is so wonderful to get away from the smoke chimneys and the dust. Camping by a open fire and the fresh collect water by the nearest stream. Eating fresh fish and sl...read more
by Cyn Bagley - Memoirs Steward
Just newly come to the valley, I hadn't wanted to be one of those Las Vegas residents that sit at home under the air conditioning, waiting for the late spring, summer, and fall to be over. Under the broiling heat, I wanted...read more
THE BULIMIA AND THE ALIEN "THE BULIMIA AND THE ALIEN" Bulimia has become, one of our present civilization most prominent trait. We have become bulimic almost in ever...read more
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