Braiding Sweetgrass

Other beings are known to be especially gifted, with attributes
that humans lack. Other beings can fly, see at night, rip open trees
with their claws, make maple syrup. What can humans do?
We may not have wings or leaves, but we humans do have
words. Language is our gift and our responsibility. I’ve come to
think of writing as an act of reciprocity with the living land. Words to
remember old stories, words to tell new ones, stories that bring
science and spirit back together to nurture our becoming people
made of corn.