[Magdalen] The Prairie in Winter

[cady soukup]

Ahhh - speaking of trees -

A book that I read recently, "Overstory" by Richard Powers, is
eloquent in its evocation of trees and their interrelationships with
their environments (and even with us humans). A dose of urgency with
an underpinning of science packaged in a compelling story.

It has inspired me to search out more information about plant
communities. We may not be learning quickly enough, or figuring out
complex relationships fast enough to save what we have, but we almost
*may* have the information we need to cope with our runaway climate.

With God's help.

Cady

On 12/27/18, cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> My hometown, Grantsburg, Wisconsin, is at the shore of what wasGlacial Lake
> Grantsburg.  The village is situated on a sandy shelfwith strongly acidic
> soil that has produced, I think, the largestof the Hill's Oak (Northern Pin
> Oak/Quercus ellipsoidalis species.
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> It's a shame these huge and wonderful trees are gradually
> disappearing because residents don't like raking their toughabundant
> leaves.  They are being replaced with commonlandscaping trees.  An example
> is the removal of one ofthese species from my family home in Grantsburg by
> the newowner of the home.  That was a 90 ft. high tree that was 5 feetin
> diameter at chest level.
> David Strang.
> In a message dated 12/27/2018 3:22:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> Here in Chicago, I sit on a plain that was once the bottom of the ancient
> glacial Lake Chicago. Our city is
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