In the Woods
The Stick and the Sapling
One hand in the earth, one hand on the young tree
William Vincent Carleton
In the brighter patches of the woods, one hand holds a walking stick planted in the earth and the other wraps all the way around a young sapling. This second In the Woods book, from a Saturday walk in the cold, is only about the hands: meeting a tree without squeezing, finding a sense of down-ness, and standing still. A simple, grounding book for walking with children.
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More from In the Woods
The Cold That Warms You
A Saturday walk when the air is honest
The Notch in the Breath
A spark in the ribs, and a beat the forest knows
The Forest Bubble
A sphere that stays on the ground
The Room Behind the Heart
The high heart, the pillows, and the rest that lets it work
The Seed and the Loaf
What the grain thought, and what the bread became
No Quota
The kingdom does not keep score