Tree Planting: a Powerful Action to Slow Climate Change

For more than a decade, I had admired the massive ancient oak trees in my neighbor’s yard. When one of them came down in a storm a few years ago, I was awed by what I saw.  When the tree stood upright, I saw strength and majesty.  As the tree lay on the ground before me, I saw an intricate complexity to life that I had never before fully comprehended. It was a sacred experience. 
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Lightning Bugs and Vegetables in Abundance

Chasing lightning bugs, spitting watermelon seeds, and eating vegetables. Those things evoke “summer” through childhood eyes. My family almost never ate meat in the summertime. Why would we? There was an abundance of vegetables outside in the garden . . . . Read more

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