Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, “Braiding Sweetgrass,” has a healing effect that I was not expecting. It is a necessary blending of indigenous and scientific knowledge about plant life on this earth. Her writing style is warm and inviting, even when she is discussing the more technical side of botany and nature observation. This book is a reminder of just how interconnected we humans are to the earth, particularly, to plant life. Do we love the earth? Does the earth love us back? If we think the answer is no, how can we change our habits in order to give back and safeguard mother earth? This book is like a prayer and manual on how to respect and pay homage to this earth and the life it sustains for us.
