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Milky Way through trees (and iPhone and blogspot)...

I read that botanists think there are three kinds of plants - herbs, shrubs and trees. Elsewhere - not in a book about trees! - I read it wa...

A friend who's been enthusing about an Instagram account called JewsLoveTrees exitedly informed me that its host had started a podcast, ...

Definitely autumnal (gilt by haze from continuing Canadian fires...)

It's happening again, that fall thing! (Here at Rockefeller Preserve.)

The unexpected confluence of two smaller storms laid New York's subway system low today. Fortunately for me I was planning to stay home ...

In my lecture course, "After Religion," I usually have students contribute to a google.doc each class. This is a holdover from whe...

On the first rainless day in a while, enjoyed exploring the Brooklyn Botanical Garden's "Power of Trees" exhibit with (a few) ...

The New School no longer observes the Jewish holidays, but several students didn't come to class today because of Yom Kippur. Others wer...

Wise words from David George Haskell on the difficulty of learning from nature. Reflecting on concern that deer populations in American fore...

We had a vestry retreat today. The facilitator's theme, appropriate for a morning gathering, was "Come and have some breakfast....

Occasionally I wish I had a subscription to The Economist . Usually, I'm able to access the article I seek through our library's sub...

Exciting interdisciplinary feast, huh, even if it means only 5 minutes per speaker! Well, unless you're the very last speaker... Which r...

I haven't told you more about the drawings we're doing in "Religion of Trees" this time around, so let me! Last time, we s...

Tree-borne life

My Mondays this semester are a stretch: "Religion of Trees" at noon, as students (and I!) surface from the weekend, three hours of...

Late blooming sunflower surge at Morningside Park Farmers Market

I'm sure many will be sharing this, but it's too good not to: a terrific way of grasping the generative AI bull by the horns!

That pleasing poster image of the whole history of terrestrial life contained within the form of a tree, which I happened on in the NYBG sho...