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Always Growing
I stopped writing on my blog during the COVID-19 pandemic and had been posting recipes for my past few entries. Initially, I created a blog to showcase creative projects, art or music finds, technology research essays, and now it serves as an online journal. I need an outlet to reflect on learnings, connections, and parallels […]
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Farewell Honey Locust
Today our honey locust tree in our front yard came down. It had been struggling, but I didn’t know much about trees until I took a TreeKeeper course with a non-profit organization called Openlands early this year. Founded in 1963, Openlands protects the natural and open spaces of northeastern Illinois and the surrounding region to ensure cleaner […]
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Planting Trees
On October 25th, 2018, my colleagues and I planted native trees with Openlands to increase the green canopy at what was then called Douglas Park (renamed Douglass Park after Anna and Frederick Douglass). This was a life changing experience for me. I always loved nature in all the places I have traveled, but this felt […]
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