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The article focuses on sugar maple which is considered as a gift by Native Americans that takes work, tapping and boiling and time before the sweetness. It mentions that each spring, the city arborists shook their heads, rode their buckets up to trim out the dead branches, and hats off, speculated about cutting down their tree.

In this article, the author shares his early memory of her grandmother and offers information on his grandmother's handwork items such as applique. Items mentioned include dishtowels made from muslin; an embroidered dress with a lace collar; white cotton tea towel decorated with two cross-stitch; and hand-crocheted comforter.

Presents the short story "Rootie Kazootie One Man Band," by James McKean.

This essay discusses Richard Ford's "New Yorker" essay titled "In the Face." Ford's penchant for confrontation and physical violence; Growing up in the fifties in Mississippi and Arkansas; Boy trying to grow up in a tough neighborhood; Playing basketball as a young boy.