Category Archives: Trees
Wordsworth’s Health Prescription
It all started from Wordsworth when I realized there are more reasons to connect with nature than enjoying the scenery and wildlife.His poems protested the industrialization of wild and beautiful landscapes, but how much greater would his fury be today, … Continue reading
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Tagged Biophilia, books, Edward O. Wilson, forest bathing, literature, poetry, Terpenes, William Wordsworth, writing
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Don’t Blame Pine Pollen for your Allergy
We know it’s April in Virginia when our car changes color under a coating of yellow pine pollen. The finger-writing on the car’s hood on the second day of pollen fall soon disappears under new layers, like the first footprints … Continue reading
Posted in Seasons in Virginia, Trees
Tagged bees, gardening, Pollen grains, pollinators, Seasonal allergy
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De-extinction of American Chestnuts
I have written before about the near extinction of American Chestnuts, called the greatest ecological catastrophe in the eastern forests of America.I tried (and failed) to grow saplings from four nuts received in payment for my article in the American … Continue reading
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Tagged American chestnut tree
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A tornado not heading to Oz
Suddenly Uncle Henry stood up. “There’s a cyclone coming …” he said. Thus, began Dorothy’s voyage over the Kansas prairie with her dog, Toto, carried by a tornado. The first warnings were the wail of the wind and bowing grass. … Continue reading
Time flows down Powhatan Creek
Time flows down Powhatan Creek As I lowered my kayak into the creek, I knew the water wasn’t the same as before, nor am I the same man. Hardly an original thought. People have pondered the river as a metaphor … Continue reading
Roger musing about Peace with Nature 