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The Waking Tree: “She watched the sky as if under a lover’s window, hoping for some sign of movement, a chance to throw pebbles and attract attention to her waiting presence.” Read more: https://amzn.to/2Ri2ObA
My limbs and roots breathed in the world around me. My Abracadabra, my Josephine. My tree girls danced pretty rings around my trunk. I breathed them in. “Sing to me. Hum me a song, our song,” said Abra, lying under my branches that first night. “Sing the song that goes up to the moon and... Continue Reading →
Scientific name: Maclura pomifera Common names: Hedge tree, Bois d’arc, Osage Orange In Texas, we call it bodark. The Osage Indians used to make bows from its curved and supple limbs. Two of the tree’s names are derived from this fact. (Bois d’arc means “wood of the bow.” The fruit of the... Continue Reading →
C. Dawn McCallum 