Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

@briar_farm I once placed a pile of broken branches (detritus from a wet-snow event) in a line in an open field. Looked dull: made a circle of them, two gaps for access. Almost immediately, it became a community gathering spot. Fire-pit. Visitors camped there. Trees volunteered in the row...

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Satellite photograph of a circle of trees, the outgrowth of seedlings volunteering in a circle of broken branches placed in an open field.