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About These Stories
These stories are not about facts. Though they may contain many facts - and as far as I know, they are true - these stories are about possibilities. Possibilities about what you might find if you take a walk in the woods or a stroll along the beach.
Facts are an ending. Possibilities are a beginning. People spend their lives looking for facts, and when they find them, they stop looking. They feel their journey is finished.
But facts, as we know them, change as our knowledge grows. By treating facts as possibilities, we question. When we question, we look. And learn. And find new possibilities.
So I hope you treat these stories as possibilities and question all the facts you read here. And find new possibilities of your own.
The Stories on this site:
Let It Rain
added Monday, May 7, 2012
The Owl I Didn't See
added Thursday, April 4, 2012
Spring Peepers
Thursday, March 8, 2012
It's a Girl!
added Friday, February 17, 2012
Edible Houses
added Saturday, January 7, 2012
Mosquito Personalities
added Friday, November 4, 2011
Is This All There Is?
Added Monday, October 3, 2011
What's for Dinner?
added Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Hitchhiking the River
added Friday, August 5, 2011
Rock Barnacles
added Thursday, July 7, 2011
Solar Energy
added Friday, June 3, 2011
Choosing Your Definition
added Friday, May 6, 2011
Warm-Blooded Plants
added Friday, April 8, 2011
Getting a Head Start
added Thursday, March 3, 2011
Snowflake Science
added Thursday, February 3, 2011
Springtails
added Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Night Conversations
added Friday, December 3, 2010
Urban Legend
added Wednesday, November
3, 2010
Dreams of a Moth
added October 3, 2010
The Oyster Bar
added September 1, 2010
Working for Clover
added August 3, 2010
In Someone Else's Back Yard
added June 4, 2010
Allegheny Mound Ants
added May 7, 2010
Stay at Home Mom
added March 1, 2010
Unwanted Visitors
added February 1, 2010
Nature's Ornaments
added January 7, 2010
Crown Gall
added December 4, 2009
Spiders Do It!
added October 27, 2009
Sounds of Nature
added October 9, 2009
Dive Bombers
added September 5, 2009
The Perfect Predator
added August 11, 2009