Be Like a Tree

     The quiet of this northern winter is a time of year we often neglect when we think about the annual cycle of living things.
     We are conscious of birth and growth; we list the budding and flowering and fruiting that happens with plants through the warm months, and we register the falling of the leaves as a kind of death.  We  ignore the actions of trees as they enter a dormant stage that is not unlike the hibernation of some animals.
     If we think about wint...
Continue reading ...