Homesteading the Seam

The Edge Effect

Edges are where things happen. Where a forest meets the prairie, where a river flows into the sea, or at nearly any other boundary between two ecosystems is a cauldron of biodiversity. All the species that thrive in each of the two environments are present, plus new species that live in the transition zone between the two. The edge is richer than what is on either side. Any fisherman knows this. He doesn’t cast his lure into the center of the lake, but toward the shoreline where fish gather to feed on the flourishing life in the shallows. –Toby Hemenway

“Homesteading the Seam” began as a blog about the transition of leaving a job and returning home to do work that feeds my spirit. I was seeking a simpler life, where the land I live on matters.  I still am, but the edges I seek are now in the stories I write.