Ellie's country home is visited by many kinds of birds during each month of the year.

Birdsong by the Seasons is a celebration of birdsong from January through December. The stories begin with a pileated woodpecker on New Year's Day; they unfold

"A writer's search for inspiration, beauty, and solace leads her to birds in this ... meditation on creativity and life"--

Early in 2013 Neil Hayward was at a crossroads. He didn't want to open a bakery or whatever else executives do when they quit a lucrative but unfulfilling job.