Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.

We would lie on coral sand, below sugary stars, watching Cassiopeia mount her throne and the Great Bear wash its paws in the South. I would say, "I have a secret to tell you." And, folding me in your arms, boyish and sly, you would answer: "Whisper it into my mouth.

Adult bats don't weigh much. They're mainly fur and appetite.

Poetry reminds us of the truths about life and human nature that we knew all along, but forgot somehow because they weren't yet in memorable language.

Love is the white light of emotion.

Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains...