Status Updates From The Journeys of Trees: A St...

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit”

“Trees form a bridge beyond the usual human experience - a tangible, living link to the past and maybe to the future.”

“For what more august, more charming and useful, than the culture and preservation of such goodly plantations: that shade to our grandchildren give”

“I met Nate Stephenson at the Sequoia National Park U.S. Geological Survey field station…he drank his [coffee] from a tiny mug his wife had given him so he’d get up from his desk more often…”

😂 😂 Genius. Will remember this life hack 😂

"We're not trying to save the species, you know. We're trying to save the forestry industry."

Ouch.

Not sure I'm going to recover from what this book has taught me about wasps....