Archive for the ‘trees’ Category

Lovely As a Tree: All That Remains

There it is. Or was. All that remains. A pile of soggy sawdust and a few lost leaves. When I wrote about watching this tree being cut apart, I cited a useful Christian Science Monitor article on the value of trees in urban areas. And I am recently reminded of a terrific song called “The [...]

16th March 2006 | Tags:
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Lovely As A Tree

In the introduction to his monumental book Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner writes, “Trees, because of their moisture requirements, are our physiological counterparts in the kingdom of plants.” Although the book is about water (specifically, moving water around), not trees, Reisner makes an important point: an area that can support trees can support humans, from a [...]

10th March 2006 | Tags: ,
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This Week in Tim: February 26 to March 3

I don’t have much patience for those blogs that dwell on the minutiae of their authors’ lives, so I will probably hate this post. But, I can take some satisfaction in the fact that this post is about one of my favorite subjects: Tim. And Tim had an interesting week, so I’m calling this “This [...]

3rd March 2006 | Tags: , , ,
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