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The Western redcedar has reduced to wood fragments on the beach. On to the third tree!

The Engelmann spruce has been traced through life and death. Now on to the second of three trees: Western redcedar.

I won a paperback edition in a Goodreads giveaway.

Really intrigued by the concept of morticulture - that dead trees are as important as living trees in a forest/river environment. Silviculture - the growing and cultivation of trees - gets the lion’s share of attention (think Arbor Day).

I love Jenny Lawson. She’s so relatable.

Happy Shakespeare’s Birthday/Deathday!
April 23, 1564-April 23, 1616

Happy Earth Day! Read any good nature books lately?

This is a hard read. Each chapter focuses on a different species of tree, with the author’s family memories of the tree, interesting botanical facts about the tree, and a connection to traumatic African American history. I have read about pecans, sycamores, and willows so far.