I was supposed to play baseball…simple as that.  So, naturally, I went to a ‘baseball school’ where they took baseball really, really, seriously.  I did hangout until the last cut, but I was told that maybe studying might serve me best.  I tried just about every major until settling on biology. What could be more important than studying ‘life’?  After acquiring my B.S., a small problem emerged…I wasn’t qualified to do anything.  Fate lined me up with a Naturalist interview with Lorain County Metro Parks…and I was very excited.  Not so much to work, but to find out what the heck a Naturalist was.  Well…I got the job…and I loved the job…and I stuck around for about three decades expounding on the attributes and importance of nature.  Somewhere in the middle, hikes and talks were joined by writing about nature.  Not wanting to be like every other nature writer, I developed a unique style…and a level of acceptance.  …and until someone tells me to stop, I am just going to keep on writing. 

In this presentation, I will talk about my process, and my growth through dozens of examples of my over 500 published works.