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… Sandy, which made landfall Monday in New Jersey, caused flooding, power outages, downed trees and other calamities over a large swath of the East Coast and into the Midwest. As of …

… to break up large tasks into smaller, more measurable goals: "I will run until I get to that tree ahead"; "I have already done two miles, what's one more?"; or "I can do ANYTHING for 30 more …

… the East River overlooking Manhattan from Queens were puddles of water. Still, several large trees in Astoria Park were uprooted down to their roots, as if a Cyclops had come by and swept … away with the back of a hand. The curious were out taking photos and posing next to the fallen trees. Fall had come late to New York City this year, and the fall leaves still have not fully … or brown; in some areas, the sidewalks were inundated with leaves of mixed colors and fallen tree branches. Meanwhile, the hurricane's high winds claimed some large signage, which lay on the …

… which is about 28 percent Catholic. People are still assessing their damage, but there is much tree destruction, even some houses split in two -- one reportedly had adults sleeping on one side, children on the other of where a tree fell. All are safe. At 7:30 a.m. Mass on Tuesday, Carmelite Fr. Hilary Milton, pastor of St. …

… gutters, slates and siding for sure; but the electricity has stayed on.  We do have a huge old tree blocking our main door. That said, it fell in the one direction it could do the least …

… to return -- the first time in days. In my neighborhood, we are fine. A neighbor's 90-foot tree decided to uproot and crash into my backyard, damaging a fence and gauging a hole in the …

… anthropology in criticizing the neo-con views. Douthat, too, missed the forest for the trees. And, sad to say, some of my fellow left-of-center Catholics make a similar omission in …

… Michele Saracino … ss10262012p01pha.jpg THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES: LOST GROVES, CHAMPION TREES, AND AN URGENT PLAN TO SAVE THE PLANET By Jim Robbins …

… practice of nonviolence. It forces us to slow down -- literally -- and to notice the trees, the bushes, the flowers, the sky and the birds, as well as to notice the resistance within … He taught us to be peaceful and mindful ("Consider the lilies of the field ..." "Study the fig tree ..." "Notice the birds of the air ..."). He certainly taught, healed and walked with great …

… -- lime, lemon, orange, summer breeze, ginger, lilac, rose, peppermint. Shapes, too -- trees and lemons, happy faces and doggies, strawberries and little log cabins. Farther down the …