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The Consumption of Compost

Boxwood has long been used for chess pieces and yard sticks, combs and woodwind instruments. Bagpipes and tuning pegs. And often, it was the wood carved for wood blocks, used to illustrate early books printed with movable type. And so, the etymology. The writing desk, the writing box. Small tablets or surfaces made of hardwood, fine for writing. Early boxes were made of boxwood, built to endure and protect. Suitable for use and re-use.

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