By Catherine Ricketts
Broadleaf Books, 210 pages | Published April 16, 2024
The broad wall of my bedroom is dominated by a piece of original art, in which tree branches grasp upward, each bud painstakingly crafted of marigold-shaded paint and remnants of sheet music from ancient hymnals, encased in wax. The artist, Natalie Salminen Rude, confessed that it was her second attempt — her initial effort was abandoned when she became pregnant...
