tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post5091171580325329314..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: In Forest They SmiledGail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-18221258042114132672013-07-23T16:06:24.218-04:002013-07-23T16:06:24.218-04:00Mark, I'm sure farm chemicals and herbicides a...Mark, I'm sure farm chemicals and herbicides are very bad and persistent - in particular the DuPont Imprelis which is now off the market. But it had very specific symptoms almost the opposite of ozone - ozone damage shows up on the oldest needles and leaves first, whereas Imprelis causes a very characteristic withering of the tips esp. of pines. Sometimes people will blame things like road salt or even acid rain, both of which are nasty too...but the damage is, when you look at the big picture, far too even. The middle of National Parks where there is no agriculture nearby are often the worst if they are downwind of power plants and cities. It's far too uniform to fundamentally be related to anything other than the composition of the air.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-66055949101283622752013-07-23T15:37:55.253-04:002013-07-23T15:37:55.253-04:00Thanks Gail, I have noticed the trees. I have 16 a...Thanks Gail, I have noticed the trees. I have 16 acres of old woods in central Illinois. I wondered why so many dead and failing trees. Hickory's snapping in half halfway up the trunk, dropping blackened leaves in the middle of summer. Oaks struggling. I wondered if it was farm chemicals. Now I know, now I see them everywhere. Its better to know. Mark C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-78142873265107966512013-07-22T16:56:45.258-04:002013-07-22T16:56:45.258-04:00Wise words Carolyn, thank you.Wise words Carolyn, thank you.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-76782982323028928302013-07-22T16:26:38.216-04:002013-07-22T16:26:38.216-04:00And so it is time for unmitigated grieving, sharin...And so it is time for unmitigated grieving, sharing our grief verbally and in expressive art forms with others, holding on to each other and sobbing, and sucking every last drop of beauty out of everything around us yet leaving it alone, just as it wants to be. I revert to my friend Derrick Jensen: "We're fucked, and life is really, really good."Carolyn Bakerhttp://www.carolynbaker.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-57712350519882933972013-07-21T19:04:23.509-04:002013-07-21T19:04:23.509-04:00Just received phone call from eldest son in Vancou...Just received phone call from eldest son in Vancouver. From time to time, he calls to ask me how to continue to live with all the death around us. What can a mom say? Besides «I am sorry.» And it is true. I am so sorry and in pain, but I still feel that I have to be as courageous as I can towards the beings I directly brought into this mess. I try terribly hard. Dog bless me for my abortions!michele/montrealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-40415038472101533272013-07-21T16:20:09.875-04:002013-07-21T16:20:09.875-04:00Thanks Mike! You made my day!Thanks Mike! You made my day!Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-48792900449452700282013-07-21T16:14:11.615-04:002013-07-21T16:14:11.615-04:00Love your site ,please do not feel it is for nothi...Love your site ,please do not feel it is for nothing ,you have been a human being that has helped opened my eyes to reality ,think of your self for those of us who read you as the red pill in the Matrix.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026440968065448901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-31601901838653597742013-07-20T22:11:25.796-04:002013-07-20T22:11:25.796-04:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKnepY1umqk&fea...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKnepY1umqk&feature=youtube_gdata_playerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com