Today we had a fir tree cut down in the back of our house. Although it had grown so large that it would ultimately prevent us from opening the door to our screened-in porch, I felt guilty requesting that it be removed. I grew up in the city with few trees: one scrawny tree in…… Continue reading My Fear of Trees
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FEAR OF TREES–REVISITED
I am taking a break from writing about nursing… The devastation Hurricane Sandy caused this past week on the east coast has reinforced my fear of trees. I have resurrected a column I wrote that appeared in the Chapel Hill News on June 27, 2007. LIVING IN THE FOREST WITH MY FEAR OF TREES My…… Continue reading FEAR OF TREES–REVISITED
Getting Older: Charting the Uncharted 