Michael Nelson

Every year since I was very young, as soon as the school year was out for the summer, (and sometimes before it was out), my father would plan an adventure for just the two of us. Sometimes to the Northwoods of Wisconsin or Minnesota, the Florida Keys, or Big Sur, California. My Dad believed that life was about broadening your horizons, and learning as much as you could in the time you were granted.

Our ‘adventures’ were exciting and most of the time, educational. I believe they helped me to see the intricacies of the environment and the life forms that inhabit it. This book mirrors some of the lessons these experiences taught me—and then goes deeper. To see the life in all things and feel the life that surrounds you is to know real magic.

We are all Annie Abbott in one way or another.