<p>A collection of poems by naturalist Ed Bieber about living with Parkinson&#39;s disease and coping through nature. I also came to make<br />
more of the fact that my love of the great outdoors had<br />
been whetted by those youthful hours amid the natural<br />
splendors right outside the door of my family home.<br />
Harriman was an embarrassment of riches, by comparison,<br />
but I was convinced that people didn&rsquo;t actually need to<br />
range so far to appreciate what nature has in store.<br />
In 1976 I set out on my own, first as an independent<br />
outdoor educator, then as the founder and director<br />
of The Nature Place Day Camp. I have been doing<br />
as I once imagined I could, sitting on that rock &ndash;<br />
happily, heartily making others at home in my world.</p>