"Magical bedtime reading."
Of Comets and Pollen-bearing Bees: the first Amateur Naturalist book
Of Comets and Pollen-bearing Bees: the first Amateur Naturalist book
The Other End of the Driveway
An amateur naturalist's observations in the Maine woods
An amateur naturalist's observations in the Maine woods
The Other End of the Driveway is a
collection of excursions into the natural
history, flora, fauna, weather and weirdness of
the central Maine woods. These essays short
and long follow in the tracks of writers like
Henry David Thoreau and Annie Dillard to
bring the quirks and curiosities of nature into
fresh and fascinating focus.
"[Dana Wilde has] journeyed widely over the nine or so acres surrounding his log
home in Troy. His adventures and misadventures, chronicled through the seasons,
are absorbing and entertaining to read any time of the year."
Dana Wilde lives in Troy,
Maine, and writes the
award-winning Amateur
Naturalist column for the
Bangor Daily News.
Listen to the author
read "Europa,"
from Nebulae.
from Nebulae.
by Dana Wilde
"Dana Wilde’s essays of Maine’s natural world are a joy. It’s perfect for a
busy person who has 20 minutes to read. You can read an essay, put the book
down and not lose your place. It will leave you wanting to squeeze in three more
pages before you go to sleep."
"Wilde's writing is lucid, painting vivid word pictures of such things as colorful
autumn leaves, dirty spring snowbanks and wacky images of toad sex." ...
"[He] doesn't just enjoy the beauty of nature, he thinks about it, he questions,
he explores and he is amazed."
"[Dana Wilde] is unwilling to just accept the conventional answers provided in
most naturalists' guides. He presses issues from scientific and philosophical
points of view; he asks tough questions -- really tough questions. He delves into
the universe, be it measuring starlight, time or even creation. While those answers
could be lofty and ethereal, Wilde has done his research ... so that he can explain
them with surprising ease."
Coming this summer:
Nebulae: A Backyard Cosmography
A companion volume to The Other End of the Driveway that looks up and outward to the stars and planets.
To find out how to get a copy on publication
and support Nebulae: A Backyard Cosmography, visit Kickstarter.com.
Nebulae: A Backyard Cosmography
A companion volume to The Other End of the Driveway that looks up and outward to the stars and planets.
To find out how to get a copy on publication
and support Nebulae: A Backyard Cosmography, visit Kickstarter.com.
Poet Tom Sexton on Nebulae:
"Dana Wilde has a scientist's curiosity and a poet's imagination. I can imagine him walking a field in Maine with his mentor Thoreau at his side on a winter night while they discuss the cosmos or the humming sound you can hear in Shanghai even in the middle of the night."
"Dana Wilde has a scientist's curiosity and a poet's imagination. I can imagine him walking a field in Maine with his mentor Thoreau at his side on a winter night while they discuss the cosmos or the humming sound you can hear in Shanghai even in the middle of the night."
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