This is a collection of poems for a purpose; for childhood and youth- its setting is primarily in the natural world. It seeks to inspire, to encourage, to motivate and even to educate. It is to be in the woods when it awakens in Spring; it is to watch the mist as it slowly rises. It is to walk the wooded deep as the Sun drifts slowly away to sleep, and to learn the words to the sparrow's song. It aspires to the contemplation of the facts of life, of what is close to your heart, from the highest point of view.

Born/Muncie Indiana, the United States, 1952; Bachelor of Science Degree/ Ball State University, 1978.