A thoughtful essay on the meaning of sagebrush in Guy Hand's life. Shows the effect that the land or in this case the vegetation can have on a person's life. For us in the Northwest, it's the big tall Evergreen trees. For Eastern Oregonians and Idahoans, it's the desert sagebrush. One tends to think of Tuscon or Deadwood when thinking of the sage but here's another view. Would work well in a news magazine format as a drop-in or essay.