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Rich is a nature guide and environmental educator with experience guiding in Pennsylvania and New York. He is a 2009 graduate of Penn State University's Environmental Studies program, a fully insured New York State Licensed Guide, and a Certified Interpretive Guide through the National Association for Interpretation. Rich has a passion for revealing nature's relationships and he wants to help you discover yourself in the gift, the adversity, and the wonder of wild nature.

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

The Way of the Whirligig Beetle

In the misty morning air,

Raindrops ride the skies under gravity's tug.

Perched on a rock at pond's edge,

I watch wind rock limbs of overhanging trees.

Raindrops drip,

Surface ripples.

Beetle sized waves collide, coalesce.

Whirligigs whirl about, ride, and spiral upon the water's tension,

Their path unimpeded by stormy sea.

Over, around, and through the waves,

They've plotted a course.

They'll see it through.

A resolute way to journey through life.

The way of the Whirligig Beetle.

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