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… education. Thank God that the Cardinal in Boston has the good sense to see the forest for the trees and to discern the flickering flame of faith where others are so busy stamping it out. …

… to feel lonely, because we have a constant community of care surrounding us in the form of trees, clouds, earth, animals, stars, and more. And then when I learned from cosmologist Brian … he said, “Believe an expert: you will find something far greater in the woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you cannot learn from the masters.” …

… mind and will not accept anything slipshod or half measures. She is like a large Banyan tree under which a lot of other Banyan trees have been able to grow. Whatever she learns, she translates for the students and the …

… Seed becomes a tree … Salcido is fond of elaborate metaphors. She describes the growth of Bakhita like that of a tree or a child. “This radio is like a seed that was planted in the right place at the right … the same thing that has happened to me. Bakhita has grown so much. The small seed has become a tree and we are already enjoying the shade and the fruits.” On the second day of voting, Salcido …

… gunned down in the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The monks make caskets from red oak trees they harvest from their land in northeast Iowa. The The monks also shipped special keepsake …

… a new "Purple Line" in DC's suburbs. But, the Post's editors have missed the forst for the trees. America no longer builds great public works. Most visitors to Washington will have gone to …

… Lichens are pioneer plants that grow on rocks, trees, or on the ground where the leaf litter or grass has been disturbed. A symbiotic life form, … broad round patches. The foliose varieties grow as green leaf-like lobes or plates attached to tree bark or rock. The hanging fruticose lichens are the most advanced types with stalked …

… been creative and gutsy. (Early protests included Israelis chaining themselves to Bi’lin olive trees to dramatize the human cost of land theft.) But more often than not, they unfold like a …

… them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear …

… “I’m not a revengeful person.” “I’m not a divider.” “I’m not a unilateralist.” “I’m not a tree, I’m a Bush.” Large thanks for clearing all that up. Bush admits to having a regret or two …

… Nothing makes me sadder than seeing a tree by the curb on Dec. 26. In our house, we don't take the tree down till Epiphany (actually Epiphany Eve last night)--dry needles be damned. It's not only … of the Presentation in the Temple. But if I waited that long I wouldn't be able to recycle our tree. At least the City of Chicago has moved the deadline for dropping off your tree for mulching …

… of our parish church was presented to us as a sacred place, whereas the grove of elm and oak trees down in the park, full of the magic play of light, shadow, aromas and refreshing breezes – … predicament can be linked to our collective forgetting that, in Berry’s words, “the trees, the birds, the various life forms around us, are all voices awakening us to the deep …

… a daye, Well a daye, well a daye, well a daye, woe is mee, Syr Thomas Plomtrie is hanged on a tree. --Quoted in Memorials of the Rebellion of 1569, by Sir Cuthbert Sharp, London, 1810. This …

… the beauty of stillness, crisp air, moon simplicity, and the dim glow of barely visible trees and sky. And when I return from an evening event and walk to the house, I always take a …

… paper or plastic. Either option is a choice that harms the environment, either by destroying trees or clogging landfills. We take our turn and virtuously produce our cloth bag, thereby …

… itself “groans for its completion.” We are one with the biotic community: “No less than the trees and the stars, we have a right to be here.” Such a way is at one with the Transcendent … way to work, I wind my on bus and subway, noticing the natural landscape as I move, flowers, trees, green lawns and bushes. Our early habitats create our lifelong habits. Here is an example …

… of Lourdes church here in Hampton, Connecticut. I can just see the steeple beyond the pine trees as I write this morning. They were married two days after Christmas because he was home for …

… it is a Myth but thanks for the reminder that Christmas is as rich in symbols as a Christmas tree is with winking lights -- and that Myth does not mean a falsehood, as they superficially …

… the house. It had been dug up and the earth used to envelop the roots of hundreds of sapling trees that will soon be transplanted throughout the area. Doug’s memory will also survive in the trees of the village for years to come. At midyear, I moved to Naogaon, a district town seven …

… getting all the special foods for the feast and wrapping the presents and decorating the tree, the family of an ill person has as their central focus their ailing loved one. It can be a … it seemed like it was going to be the worst Christmas ever. She was unable to decorate the tree – all of the ornaments are blue and silver because those were her favorite colors. She was …