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March 7, 2016 by Wren Smith

Tales from the Bent Twig Trail: Making Change

Virginia Pines are agents of change. Like all trees, virginia pines, Pinus virginiana, are alchemists, transforming ingredients such as water, carbon dioxide, and the energy of the sun, into food […]

Filed Under: Blog, Tales from Bent Twig Tagged With: Bent Twig, conifers, Virginia Pines

January 25, 2016 by Wren Smith

The Bent Twig Trail: Snowy Woods

Snow makes the woods more lovely. This week the Bent Twig Trail is touched by the extra blanket of loveliness. Certainly the snow added a cleanliness to the landscape. Piling […]

Filed Under: Blog, Tales from Bent Twig Tagged With: Bent Twig, Snow, winter, Woodpeckers

January 18, 2016 by Wren Smith

Tales from the Bent Twig Trail: The Heart of Winter

The Heart of  Winter  by Wren Smith The heart of winter beats beneath my frozen feet and beneath the crunching earth. It beats beneath my hearing, beneath my seeing.  The heart of winter […]

Filed Under: Blog, Tales from Bent Twig Tagged With: Bent Twig, Poetry, trees, winter

December 28, 2015 by Wren Smith

Tales from the Bent Twig Trail: Woodland Ornaments

Walks in the woods can be gifts that keep on giving.  I often find clues in one season that help me make discoveries in another. For instance, just a few […]

Filed Under: Blog, Tales from Bent Twig Tagged With: Bent Twig, wild ornaments, wild yam, winter hiking

December 14, 2015 by Wren Smith

Tales from the Bent Twig Trail: Imaginings

There’s something about the starkness of the winter landscape — the muted colors, the openness of the forest, the negative spaces created by the bare branches of trees that sets […]

Filed Under: Blog, Tales from Bent Twig Tagged With: Bent Twig, Fog, imagination, winter

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