Tag Archives: forest
Finding the Mother Tree
I’m not much of a hiker or outdoors person, but I’ve done enough walking through the forests of the Pacific Northwest to appreciate their beauty and complexity. I kind of knew, in a vague abstract way, that the trees and … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, ecology, forest, nonfiction, sustainability, suzanne simard, tree
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The Overstory
A simple description of The Overstory by Richard Powers is that it’s a novel about nine people and their relationships with trees. Sounds weird, right? Well, The Overstory is definitely an unusual novel. But it’s much more, and much stranger … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, ecology, fiction, forest, redwood, richard powers, tree
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