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Nov.22.2012 A Child's Thanksgiving When I was a child we lived in a house that looked like an old Dutch farm house. Since we were one of the few families in town who were Dutch, it made sense. The house was a crazy quilt. Our basement was like an old root cellar. To go there we had to go out the back door,...	Jun.15.2012 The Three Trees of Happiness Let's start with a quiz. What three trees do the Japanese associate with happiness? a. peach, plum, and appleb. cherry, Japanese maple, and cedarc. pine, bamboo, and plumd. willow, pine, and cedar Photo Credit: Christopher Acheson If you chose ... [To read the rest and...
Dec.01.2008 TALL OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW. I've watched the trees closely as long as I can remember and along the way befriended a forest of favorites. There was the generous flowering plum in the front yard on Stratford Drive that blossomed in April, and by July was laden with shiny little plums. I would shimmy up the trunk, balance on a...