Month: September 2014

I live in Alabama now, and Alabama is covered in pine trees.  They grow on low rolling hills, near marshy bogs and on sun baked plains.  The loblolly pine is particularly prevalent, as it grows quickly, even in the red clay soils of the Deep South.  The trees are judiciously harvested for various wood products … Read more…

My Black Hills, my home (part 1) When did I know that I belonged to the Hills? I’ve seen the pictures of day trips that my parents took when I was a toddler—a blanket laid beneath a tree while my dad climbed on some rocks nearby or my little head bobbing on my dad’s back … Read more…