A Little Bit of Wilderness

Just steps from my backyard

Deborah Barchi
Crow’s Feet
Published in
3 min readMay 3, 2024

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Photo by Alex Larusso on Unsplash

When I first moved to my rural home 45 years ago, the first thing I wanted done was to clear a small path through the woods behind my house. At that time in my life, I was learning to identify birds and wildflowers, something I had never done much of, having lived all my youth in the city.

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Deborah Barchi
Crow’s Feet

Deborah Barchi has recently retired from her career as a librarian and now has time to read, explore nature, and write poetry and essays.