“Marion Ennes’ work is timeless and all encompassing.  Anyone interested in science and the secrets of nature will enjoy and learn from this invaluable book.  It’s a treasure––a rare treat for the naturalist in all of us, no matter where we live.  To read Nature’s Way is to witness environmental conservation in action.”

––John C. Robertson, author and natural history tour guide

“Nature’s Way takes the reader on a naturalist’s journey through the seasons.  This poignant compendium covers the spectrum, from lowly mosses and liverworts to magnificent bobcats and black bears.”

––Anne Chadwick, photographer, author of Pacific in My Soul

“A delightful array of deeply flavored, rightly colored, and highly informative morsels of our natural world.  Highlighting the diversity of a small slice of biosphere, this book makes me want to get outside and begin exploring my own locale.  It’s also a great companion to the new field guides that emphasize not only identification, but also plant and animal behavior.”

––Erica Fielder, environmental educator

“A delightful book––the essence of the natural world. 

Choose a page, any page, and start reading.  I was mesmerized.”

–– Peter W. Stearns, author of A Journey in Time: 

Mendocino County Wildflowers

“This pleasing book reflects the artful collaboration that produced the original  “Nature’s Way” newspaper columns with their fine illustrations and thoughtful prose.  Each column is a ramble into a mystery of nature, investigating a topic that Marion had researched thoroughly.  The book is a mixture of science and the expression of joy at being alive in the company of the natural world and its intricacies.  Frequently titled by a clever turn of phrase or pun, each ramble  presents serious scientific information in compact, easily digested form.   Finally, this is a loving husband’s heartwarming tribute to a marvelous woman; it records the details of her life and captures the spirit of their mutual environment ethic.”

––Prof. William E. Cook, Ph.D., director, Natural History Institute,  
Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson, New York

“Marion marries the science of nature with poetic elegance in a way that’s educational and useful, yet delivered with her heart, conveying passion, joy, and a love of life.  I enjoyed looking at the world through her eyes as I read these pages.”

––Linda Stonestreet, Park Maintenance Chief, California State Parks

“Readers  of The Independent benefited for years from Marion Dusoir Ennes’ perceptive eye, boundless curiosity, meticulous research, graceful prose, and bountiful gift for giving a greater dimension of life to the landscape around us.  A new cohort of readers is sure to be entranced.!

––Vicki Simons & Tony Jones, editor and publisher,

The Independent Newspaper, 1986-2001

“Marion Ennes documents the big picture through a small and intimate window––a local sampling with global appeal to all who might feel as close to the earth as she did.”

––Taylor F. Lockwood, author of Chasing the Rain