Pat Jones grew up in a large family of nine children moving from place to place as tenant farmers and sharecroppers during the Great Depression. These stories reveal her love of the earth, of animals and birds, of barns and ponies. Her parents encouraged each child's creative streak. Pat's gift was carving, and she continues her art through prize-winning carvings of decoys, songbirds and other reflections of her connectedness to living things. Now in her 90's, she speaks of her daily walks to a nearby pond, where ducks welcome her by untying her sneakers. She works on her craft through the...