Count its years.
Read from the heart outward. Move your finger across the rings. Every ring is a year that actually happened.
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Touch the wood to begin.
Ages are approximate until the rings are formally counted. The years are real either way.
Lakeside birch grows slow and tight; the rings run fine as thread.
Read from the heart outward. Move your finger across the rings. Every ring is a year that actually happened.
Victoria Beach, on Lake Winnipeg. The pin marks the neighbourhood it grew in; the exact spot gets added from the salvage photos.
No pieces yet. Whatever comes from this birch will carry this page with it.