Badersnider is the author of Picking Up Sticks: A Mid-Term Project and is a thoughtful writer inspired by character and nature. His writing reflects the interface of small quotidian moments, outdoor happenings, and the beauty of human life. Picking Up Sticks sees Bedersnyder contemplating forests, lakes, fleeting waterfalls, and family memories from the vantage of illuminating essays and life stories. His writing is about little things, slow living, and becoming more attuned to nature. This book merges outdoor experiences with emotional narratives, something that many people will appreciate, especially those who enjoy nature writing along with other inspired and reflective memoirs. They offer kind insight juxtaposed against rolling natural beauty. The individual who seeks out nature-inspired memoirs should find insight in these pages along with a more contemplative self.