Vestal Grove

This is the somewhat challenging story of a workday
at which great violence and tenderness worked hand in hand.
When we head out in spring,

Let’s start with five basic “reasons,” but as you'll see below, it's way richer.
Students lead building the pile, with care and pride.
1. Truly to celebrate the fact that, after the solstice, daylight hours will increase for 182 days in a row. Longer, lighter days seem like a blessing on December 21....

Some people (mostly in Europe) think forests should have rotten logs cleared out, on the theory that they harbor tree diseases, or just look rotten and untidy.
Other people burn up logs for "fuel reduction" in Illinois oak woods - against their better instincts - because our woodlands so badly need fire - and logs can be one more annoying distraction to deal with during controlled burns....

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