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In their picture book \“Everywhere, Wonder,\” Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr challenge readers to find a story in places and phenomena both ordinary and extraordinary.Fossils provide hints to the size and shape of prehistoric life, but they leave a lot of the colors and textures to the imagination.

I guess the lesson, as a wise first grader reminded me this week during our opinion writing session, is “Don’t yuck somebody’s yum.”

A good walk outside is great for the distressed heart and mind. Next time you are frightened by the unknowns or scarred by the realities, consider falling into a forest.

The crinoids encased in the limestone boulders along the riverbank remind me that this place was once for millions of years, actually, an ancient inland sea. I find deliciousness here in the dry heat, the muddy grit, as a guest who will return, hungry for more.

Charles Darwin suggested that “a taste for collecting beetles is some indication of future success in life."

"I wouldn’t make time this week for nature, so nature came to me, begging me to slow down, take notice, pause, breathe."