"Laurie's poetic invocations of living nature are some of the most moving I've heard. Somewhere between "The Wood Thrush's Song" and "The Maple's Lament" I traversed the Red River Gorge where my family used to go camping, and recalled the joy of waking up in a canvas tent to hear my favorite music in all the world, the song of a wood thrush. — Barbara Kingsolver"
~ from the liner notes of "Calling Me Home," by Kathy Mattea