My mother never quite got round to learning the names of the trees she loved. I'm trying to fulfil the commitment she could never keepEvery few years my mother would buy a different version of the same book, only to abandon it after several weeks: How to Identify the Trees of Northeastern America. With the regularity of a trans-hemispheric weather cycle she'd come home, drop what appeared to be a travel brochure to the Republic of Trees on the table, and proclaim: "This time I'm going to learn the names of the goddamn trees." She never did. Related: My friend left this world - and I learned to let him go Continue reading...
Stuck at home, I discovered the joy of identifying trees
15. října 2020 12:15
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Zdroj: The Guardian