Hannah Hinchman is Obviously dedicated to her journals, specifically nature journals. With so much experience comes knowledge of the craft and she is definitely knowledgeable. I found so much great advice in this book in regards to journaling and even some good advice about life itself. Its apparent to me that she is a journal writer when i read some of the chapters, especially when she gets exited and starts to ramble with long descriptions. I was never annoyed or turn off by this, however. It was nice to read something by a person who has such an active imagination. Throughout A Trail Through Leaves Hinchman offers all sorts of advice both on journaling and life. Of this advice one of the most touching came from chapter 4, The power of the ordinary. She explains how the most ordinary tasks, when truly thought about can make time go just a little slower and bring a whole new meaning to them."Its antidote is to do things that alter time. Drawing always does this to me. So do the puttering tasks involved with gardening. Even shaping words with a favorite pen is sufficient...but simply stopping to look at the sky...to smell and savor the coffee while its brewing - so ordinary as to be beneath notice and yet containing the seeds of hardy perennial joy - those are the joys that knit the world together." If we can just slow down in our busy lives and look around us to truly see how privileged we are and how beautiful life is then all of our moments of boredom are far from dull at all, in fact quit the opposite. Another interesting observation Hannah makes is one regarding how our thoughts flow. Its not just one singe dialogue but one that fades in and out and jumps around, saying that we may (consciously or subconsciously) be ignoring thought detours that are frightening. She advises to set a timer and carry a small pad with you throughout the day. When the timer goes off every hour or two write down what your mind was doing or thinking of. This will offer a rough road map of mental progress made that day, possibly shedding some light on things. This book has given me some inspiration towards my nature jounal. I am now excited to put in the next entry. Although it was a little odd at times this book achieved in the sense that I know what makes a good nature journal. I also know more about what I want mine to be when its done, which is what I believe is one of the goals of this book.