[Magdalen] Glue that Holds.

[Jon Egger]

I don't miss the Minnesota cold...but it's a dry cold compared to our MO
cold.

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Grace & peace,
jon


On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 1/7/2015 11:46:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> juli at tarsney.net writes:
>
> Speaking  of glue, this may be my all-time favorite quotation - from Eugene
> O'Neill:  “Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God  is
> glue.”>>>
> Dendrology mode.....on.
>
> My father would also apply this "glue" expression for the extensive
> pine barrens of NW and Central Wisconsin.  These are sandy, flat
> infertile areas dominated by Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) forests with
> some Hill's Oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis).  The sand, fine as that on  any
> tropical beach, is really outwash from the receeding Wisconsin  Pleistocene
> Glaciation.  The land is highly acidic, and is being tapped for  fracking
> sand
> as well as being marvelous for the cranberry farms.
>
> These forests need fire to survive, since neither of the dominant  species
> can reproduce under their own shade.  However, there has been  good
> fire control over the past 50 years, and so you have the interesting
> phenomenon that there is an understory of Eastern White Pine (Pinus
> strobus) and "Norway" (Red) Pine (Pinus resinosa) throughout the
> barrens.  These are the climax tree species for the barrens, but  were
> infrequently seen because of the fires.
>
> Dendrology mode.....Off.
>
>
> David Strang.
>