Traveling mercies: Over the river and through the woods

Traveling mercies: Over the river and through the woods

iStock/Cynthia Shirk The journey from a suburban Home Depot to our new country home spanned 11 miles and three helpers, winding over the river and through the woods. In the end, three crabapple trees successfully reached their destination — their trunks, an inch wide, their potential, infinite. It started in the parking lot, where I collapsed seats and unrolled windows in my Honda Accord. I tried one configuration after another, but the trees we…