Around ten years ago, I wrote a post on National Arbor Day. It was inspired by a Library of America story. The thing is that then I didn't, and I still don't hear, about Arbor Day anymore. Indeed, Mr Gums and I reminisced that it was mainly through school that we heard about it at … Continue reading Monday musings of Australian literature: National Tree Day
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Australia’s first Arbor Day
At the National Arboretum, Canberra Do you ever wonder what a few generations hence will think about the way we do things? About how we put on our festivals and celebrations? Whether they will think how silly we look - and, I don't mean "silly" in the ways we may have intended but "silly" in … Continue reading Australia’s first Arbor Day
Whispering Gums on Deformed Pines
I am slowly but surely working my way through Isabella Bird's Unbeaten tracks in Japan. While we were still in Japan, and enjoying its wonderful gardens, I came across the following passage from early in Bird's travels: After running cheerily for several miles my men bowled me into a tea-house, where they ate and smoked … Continue reading Whispering Gums on Deformed Pines
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