Where the Birch Took Hold

Deep in the Northwoods, a house-sized glacial erratic rests where the ice left it thousands of years ago. A yellow birch has taken root on its flat summit. In a world where enormous rocks lie scattered across the landscape, a tree chooses one as its footing and sends its roots 30 feet downward, trusting that life might still be found there. In that quiet persistence is a reminder: the land remembers its past and life persists, adapts, and finds a way—if we allow them the space to do so.