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Between Our Steps: The Unseen

Cathy Hird reflects on overlooked moments in nature and questions how attentive we really are to the world around us.

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Cathy Hird
Aug 05, 2025
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I forgot there is an ironwood tree in my front yard. The trunk with its distinctive bark is hidden by the other bushes. One morning, I looked out and saw hop-shaped flowers, remembered and admired the tree. I guess I have been paying too much attention to the dying ash trees and forgot about this …

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Cathy Hird lives between the escarpment and Georgian Bay, the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. Retired farmer and United Church minister, Hird writes fiction and creative non-fiction, with seven published fantasy and SciFi novels.
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