MILKWEED EDITIONSBraiding
Sweetgrass❋ROBIN WALL KIMMERER
Sweetgrass❋ROBIN WALL KIMMERER
SHELF NOTE · 2026
Braiding Sweetgrass
A lasting invitation to hold scientific knowledge and lived relationship together.
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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.
2026 · 3 books
NEW ZEALAND BIRDSThe Hand
Guide🪽ROBERTSON & HEATHER
Guide🪽ROBERTSON & HEATHER
SHELF NOTE · 2026
The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand
A practical companion for learning the birds seen close to home.
BIRD GUIDEAustralian
Bird Guide◒MENKHORST ET AL.
Bird Guide◒MENKHORST ET AL.
SHELF NOTE · 2026
The Australian Bird Guide
A broad field reference that keeps the wider Australasian context in view.
2025 · 4 books
ALLEN LANEFinding
the Mother
Tree⌁SUZANNE SIMARD
the Mother
Tree⌁SUZANNE SIMARD
SHELF NOTE · 2025
Finding the Mother Tree
A compelling reminder that forests are communities, not collections.
FUNGI & LIFEEntangled
Life⌁MERLIN SHELDRAKE
Life⌁MERLIN SHELDRAKE
SHELF NOTE · 2025
Entangled Life
A close look at fungal networks and the lively systems beneath the surface.
REWILDINGWilding✦ISABELLA TREE
SHELF NOTE · 2025
Wilding
A generous case for giving nature room to repair, surprise and return.
HAMISH HAMILTONLandmarks✦ROBERT MACFARLANE
SHELF NOTE · 2025
Landmarks
A treasury of language for landscape—and a case for keeping the words that let us notice it.
2024 · 3 books
SHELF NOTE · 2024
The Hidden Life of Trees
A readable prompt to think beyond an individual tree and towards a forest as a whole.
FIELD NOTESBook of
Hope☼JANE GOODALL
Hope☼JANE GOODALL
SHELF NOTE · 2024
The Book of Hope
A steadying reminder that hope is a practice, not a passive feeling.
OCEAN NOTESThe Sea
Around Us∿RACHEL CARSON
Around Us∿RACHEL CARSON
SHELF NOTE · 2024
The Sea Around Us
Writing that makes ocean systems feel both immense and intimately alive.
2023 · 2 books
SEASONSComfort
of Crows◉MARGARET RENKL
of Crows◉MARGARET RENKL
SHELF NOTE · 2023
The Comfort of Crows
An invitation to pay patient attention to ordinary, seasonal life near home.
WORDS & WILDLIFEThe Lost
Spells✧MACFARLANE & MORRIS
Spells✧MACFARLANE & MORRIS
SHELF NOTE · 2023
The Lost Spells
Words and images that make room for wonder without losing care or specificity.
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