John Miller spent much of his grade school years with a friend, tramping about the woods and swamps of Morris County, New Jersey. Many years later, his youthful adventures in the natural world would inspire his work as a teacher as well as articles about beavers, trout, starlings, and other animals for The Audubon Society, The Natural History Museum, and the New York Times. Miller is now at work on a book about what we see when we look at everyday nature.