Dana Wilde
Songs of the Seasons: Birds, Beasts, Tides, and Time in the Maine Woods is Maine author Dana Wilde’s latest collection of essays on topics both micro (starflowers and spiders) and macro (eclipses, climate change, and Cassiopeia). As a former newspaper editor and columnist, Wilde brings his reporting instincts to bear from the backyard to the universe. These brief, eminently accessible essays have the humor of the newsroom, the curiosity of a scientist, and the heart of a humanist. And more than just nature observations, the spirit of his recently lost wife, Bonnie, abides throughout the collection. Big and small ideas unfolded from the familiarities of the backyard. 6