Nature Does Not Steal Time,

As One Scientist Puts It, We Can Now Assume That Just As Children Need Good Nutrition And Adequate Sleep, They May Very Well Need Contact With Nature.

Children Who Played Outside Every Day, Regrdless Of Weather, Had Better Motor Coordination And More Ability To Concentrate.

In Medieval Times, If Someone Displayed The Symptoms We Now Identify As Boredom, That Person Was Thought To Be Committing Something Called Acedia, A 'dangerous Form Of Spiritual Alienation' -- A Devaluing Of The World And Its Creator.

There Is Another Possibility: Not The End Of Nature, But The Rebirth Of Wonder And Even Joy.

Nature Is Imperfectly Perfect, Filled With Loose Parts And Possibilities, With Mud And Dust, Nettles And Sky, Transcendent Hands-on Moments And Skinned Knees.