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Trees, stones and interstellar gas will teach you
… to feel lonely, because we have a constant community of care surrounding us in the form of trees, clouds, earth, animals, stars, and more. And then when I learned from cosmologist Brian … he said, “Believe an expert: you will find something far greater in the woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you cannot learn from the masters.” …
The rewards of working with the mentally challenged
… mind and will not accept anything slipshod or half measures. She is like a large Banyan tree under which a lot of other Banyan trees have been able to grow. Whatever she learns, she translates for the students and the …
A voice for southern Sudan, a gestating new nation
… since a new minister of information, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, took charge. … Seed becomes a tree … Salcido was born in Mexico in 1967 and became a sister in 1990. She has spent 11 years in … Salcido is fond of elaborate metaphors. She describes the growth of Bakhita like that of a tree or a child. “This radio is like a seed that was planted in the right place at the right … the same thing that has happened to me. Bakhita has grown so much. The small seed has become a tree and we are already enjoying the shade and the fruits.” On the second day of voting, Salcido …
From the mail bag: Tucson
… gunned down in the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The monks make caskets from red oak trees they harvest from their land in northeast Iowa. The The monks also shipped special keepsake …
WaPo is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong
… a new "Purple Line" in DC's suburbs. But, the Post's editors have missed the forst for the trees. America no longer builds great public works. Most visitors to Washington will have gone to …
The commonplace grace of lichens
… Rich Heffern … Lichens are pioneer plants that grow on rocks, trees, or on the ground where the leaf litter or grass has been disturbed. A symbiotic life form, … broad round patches. The foliose varieties grow as green leaf-like lobes or plates attached to tree bark or rock. The hanging fruticose lichens are the most advanced types with stalked …
Bold declarations
… been creative and gutsy. (Early protests included Israelis chaining themselves to Bi’lin olive trees to dramatize the human cost of land theft.) But more often than not, they unfold like a …
Milwaukee bankruptcy filing masks the truth
… them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear …
'Not very analytical': Bush skims over his presidency
… “I’m not a revengeful person.” “I’m not a divider.” “I’m not a unilateralist.” “I’m not a tree, I’m a Bush.” Large thanks for clearing all that up. Bush admits to having a regret or two …
Why I take the tree down on Epiphany
… Heidi Schlumpf … Nothing makes me sadder than seeing a tree by the curb on Dec. 26. In our house, we don't take the tree down till Epiphany (actually Epiphany Eve last night)--dry needles be damned. It's not only … of the Presentation in the Temple. But if I waited that long I wouldn't be able to recycle our tree. At least the City of Chicago has moved the deadline for dropping off your tree for mulching …