June 27th, 2021

Along with photography, another favorite hobby of mine is reading.  Once in a while a book comes along and blows the reader away.  One of those books for me is Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard: part biography, part memoir, part 30+ years of intense research data, but mostly what came through the most to me was the author's fierce love of the forest, her immense respect for the complex beings that live there, and their direct impact on the health of the planet.  Simply, we need healthy trees.

I grew up playing in the woods, and the forest is where I go to recharge my batteries.  I freely admit that I was a tree hugger before it was the cool thing to do.  Suzanne Simard's lovely wordsmithing has taught me to focus even more closely at the precious lives silently growing in my own back yard.

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