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Books for
the long walk.

A small, evolving log of books that have reshaped how I see places, relationships, and the life underfoot. Select a spine to turn it over.

MILKWEED EDITIONSBraiding
Sweetgrass
❋ROBIN WALL KIMMERER

FINISHED · JANUARY 2026

Braiding Sweetgrass

★★★★★

A lasting invitation to hold scientific knowledge and lived relationship together. The chapter on reciprocity keeps coming back with me on walks.

ALLEN LANEFinding
the Mother
Tree
⌁SUZANNE SIMARD

FINISHED · OCTOBER 2025

Finding the Mother Tree

★★★★½

A compelling reminder that forests are communities, not collections. Read with a notebook close by.

FIELD LIBRARYThe
Living Sea
∿PHILIPPA W.

FINISHED · MAY 2025

The Living Sea

★★★★

Coastlines read as changing, living systems. A good companion before spending a day at the tide line.

HAMISH HAMILTONLandmarks✦ROBERT MACFARLANE

FINISHED · NOVEMBER 2024

Landmarks

★★★★½

A treasury of language for landscape—and a quiet case for keeping the words that let us notice it.

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