In this collection of essays, stories, and poetry, author Jim Stratton focuses on the sheer beauty of nature and the human connection to the natural world. Endowed with Stratton's own illustrations, Waist Deep in Broom Sedge celebrates the splendor that can be found in the world around us such as in water, snow, color, light, fog, and rain.

In the poetry selection, "While It Was Still Snowing," Stratton praises the wonder of snow. There is no beauty compared To snow's shadow and light; No blues as coldly blue, No whites as brightly white, As when it is still snowing. I walk through the cold wood And embrace the pearly glow Reflecting beneath my cap hood. Based on personal observations and theories, the works in this compilation show that we are the caretakers of this earth and we should seek ways to live in harmony with nature. We need to open our eyes, slow down, and breathe in the wonders of the natural world as the essence of nature is within us all.

While recovering from a heartbreak of his own design, reporter Joe Rasley takes on the most interesting story he''s seen in a long time - even though he seems to be the only journalist on the scene who seems to find the end of the world remotely newsworthy. The year is 1977, and a particle physicist has unwittingly put together a substance that dissolves everything that comes into contact with it. He has created a universal solvent, and now confronts an unfortunate problem: what container can you put it in? Joe finds himself getting a crash course in particle physics as he joins the eccentric Dr. Kohlman, the doctor''s headstrong physicist daughter Diana, and a cat named Schrödinger, as they try to find any way at all to save the world. And it doesn''t hurt to find himself falling in love along the way.Solution is a clever, yet scientifically rigorous novel that explores the intersection of journalism, science and government. Set in the gritty cityscape of 1970s New York, its themes are just as relevent to the world we live in now.

In this collection of essays, stories, and poetry, author Jim Stratton focuses on the sheer beauty of nature and the human connection to the natural world. Endowed with Stratton's own illustrations, Waist Deep in Broom Sedge celebrates the splendor that can be found in the world around us such as in water, snow, color, light, fog, and rain.

In the poetry selection, "While It Was Still Snowing," Stratton praises the wonder of snow. There is no beauty compared To snow's shadow and light; No blues as coldly blue, No whites as brightly white, As when it is still snowing. I walk through the cold wood And embrace the pearly glow Reflecting beneath my cap hood. Based on personal observations and theories, the works in this compilation show that we are the caretakers of this earth and we should seek ways to live in harmony with nature. We need to open our eyes, slow down, and breathe in the wonders of the natural world as the essence of nature is within us all.

While recovering from a heartbreak of his own design, reporter Joe Rasley takes on the most interesting story he''s seen in a long time - even though he seems to be the only journalist on the scene who seems to find the end of the world remotely newsworthy. The year is 1977, and a particle physicist has unwittingly put together a substance that dissolves everything that comes into contact with it. He has created a universal solvent, and now confronts an unfortunate problem: what container can you put it in? Joe finds himself getting a crash course in particle physics as he joins the eccentric Dr. Kohlman, the doctor''s headstrong physicist daughter Diana, and a cat named Schrödinger, as they try to find any way at all to save the world. And it doesn''t hurt to find himself falling in love along the way.Solution is a clever, yet scientifically rigorous novel that explores the intersection of journalism, science and government. Set in the gritty cityscape of 1970s New York, its themes are just as relevent to the world we live in now.