Becky Steffen’s Reviews > How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves > Status Update

“… knowing something makes us more curious than knowing nothing. Some information lights the fuse of curiosity in a way that total ignorance doesn’t.”

I appreciate the author’s self-deprecating sense of humor and his enthusiasm for, and awe of, the natural world.

“My mind soared and my heart was full of joy. Then I slipped on some damp chalk and nearly fell. That is how it goes.”

This is me on a walk in the woods.

“A clever tree solves a problem. A wise tree avoids it.”