Doc Diaries: Tunnel Vision (part 1)
I love to travel. But not like most people do. One of my favorite things about traveling, and especially by airplane, is the actual experience of being on the plane. Watching the world
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Wherefore Art Thou…? Contemplations on the nature of art
A few weeks ago, I watched a performance by the Top Shelf Big Band, directed by my friend Robert. I loved it. Hearing big band music takes me back to my flute-playing days
Run the ground game (Timber! part 4)
The history of the forestry industry spans ages, continents, and cultures. And for certain, these four chapters have been but a glimpse into one microcosm of that tradition. But even in that glimpse,
…And then you drop things in it (Timber! part 3)
At last! The first part in this series described how to navigate and use tools in and around a tree. The second covered how to build a bed of branches — itself a kind
First, you make your bed… (Timber! part 2)
Part one of this series showed how Matt (the professional arborist in the picture) moved himself and his tools around the tree. Once he had the tools where they needed to be, it