Friday, 24 July 2020

Descent into madness and avoiding rabbit holes

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Lockdown felt, at times, like a rabbit hole down which one sinks with remorseless ease.  Its progress or regress could be expressed most si...
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Monday, 22 June 2020

Last Word on Wood

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Tree saves 150 People from death Trees sometimes save lives. Take for example a large 300-year-old tamarind tree in the...
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Tuesday, 9 June 2020

The Cedar Trees of Lebanon, useful, aromatic and so historic

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Trees are pretty epic. Take for example the ‘Cedars of God’. This refers to cedar trees in the mountains of northern Lebanon. They ...
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Friday, 5 June 2020

What trees teach us about hope and resilience

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About hope in the face of disaster and death On August 6, 1945, a 9,000 pound U-235 bomb was dropped over the city of Hiroshima...
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Monday, 25 May 2020

COVID-19 Hurts Hearts

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COVID-19 has proved a testing disease that has torn the hearts out of communities worldwide.  There have been wide discrepancies in suf...
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Tuesday, 31 March 2020

Living in the dark, ugly beyond words but resilient

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The naked mole-rat is the size of a mouse and is, one has to admit exceptionally ugly. It is a eusocial animal.  This term describes cr...
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Friday, 20 March 2020

These difficult days will pass and all we will remember is how we responded to such tests

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  Dear Son, You asked me some questions last night that really made me think. I’m not sure of the answers but I wanted you to know what...
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