Jane Morrow is a writer and naturalist based in rural Vermont. Her essays explore the quiet negotiations between humans and the landscapes they inhabit. Her work has appeared in Orion, The Sun, and Brevity. She teaches creative nonfiction at Middlebury College and is at work on a collection about inherited land.
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The old man never introduced himself. He just appeared at the edge of the orchard one October morning, pruning shears in hand, and began cutting back the deadwood as if he'd been doing it his whole life. Maybe he had. I watched from the kitchen window, coffee going cold, trying to decide whether to be afraid.
A stranger shows up to tend an orchard you've inherited but don't understand. Over the course of a single autumn, his wordless presence teaches you more about stewardship, grief, and belonging than a lifetime of deliberate instruction.
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