Masterful, playful use of POV invites the reader into nature's perspective. So many gems! Here's one...'Clearing is an awfully mild word for the violence of walking people cutting down tree people in their prime. I’ve had only twenty-five sugaring seasons. I’m good for at least fifty more. Or longer.'
My favorite part was at the end, with the images of the changeable nature of the water in the lake (which doesn’t seem to bode well for the next chapter), and then the turn to the changing color of the sap. Very nicely done!
Cease and Desist, what wonderful words. Didn't see that coming, but that's what keeps us coming back. Good suspense. The tree is my favourite character. Did you pick her first?
“I’m interested in how we, trapped and complicit in destructive systems we hate, might find a way forward.”
There are a few folks who live just north of Maryland, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who might have a few answers to your question. The Amish are about the only group in the US who walk the talk, and by walk, I mean literally.
Masterful, playful use of POV invites the reader into nature's perspective. So many gems! Here's one...'Clearing is an awfully mild word for the violence of walking people cutting down tree people in their prime. I’ve had only twenty-five sugaring seasons. I’m good for at least fifty more. Or longer.'
Love love love.
My favorite part was at the end, with the images of the changeable nature of the water in the lake (which doesn’t seem to bode well for the next chapter), and then the turn to the changing color of the sap. Very nicely done!
The closing paragraphs of this chapter are so beautiful. It’s clearly the product of your engineering mind and your poetic heart.
Cease and Desist, what wonderful words. Didn't see that coming, but that's what keeps us coming back. Good suspense. The tree is my favourite character. Did you pick her first?
Whew! Dodged that one.
“I’m interested in how we, trapped and complicit in destructive systems we hate, might find a way forward.”
There are a few folks who live just north of Maryland, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who might have a few answers to your question. The Amish are about the only group in the US who walk the talk, and by walk, I mean literally.