My mind seems more intrigued by plants as I continue to read: wondering which tree made this library book the trees that became my closet doors (am I ever going to get around to painting them?) what fruits and veg are in my refrigerator right now and where did they originally come from? I know where the hot peppers, eggplant and summer squash came from (stomach rumbling). There tends to be a comfortable summer breeze and my hammock gently sways. I think the trees know I am reading about plants. The hammock is being braced by two old, large Silver Maple trees. I have been reading this book (from our local library) while on a hammock in my backyard. It is a reminder that nature’s earthly gifts cannot be around forever if we continue this disconnect with the natural world around us. This book is a “big-kid” version of The Giving Tree. But the plants take the crown (see what I did there.?) for the way through which the plants express feelings of joy (through the flowers they create) to feelings of sadness (being wrecked with disease). The human characters and setting for each short story are diverse and each storyline is provoking. The author of The Overstory, Richard Powers, writes this novel with eight short stories that root people to the plants around them.
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