Tag Archives: storm damage

Unexpected Life

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Doc Arnett

It seems little short of a miracle that a “dead” branch could generate a green sprout a year after being cut up into firewood! Continue reading →

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The Straightening

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Doc Arnett

I remember watching, and sometimes helping, my father straighten up stalks of sweet corn that had been blown over by a storm. Continue reading →

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In Between Storms

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Doc Arnett

Life’s timing doesn’t always coincide with our schedule so it’s important to do what we gotta do and then do what we wanna do. Continue reading →

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Good Measure

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Doc Arnett

In the strong stir of southern wind,
the long, slender limbs of locust
bend to the north in sweeping crescents
of graceful submission, Continue reading →

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Imagine a twenty-ton dandelion, sixty-to-seventy feet tall and with branches extending thirty feet in every direction. That’s what the cottonwood tree is like during its month-long spawn.
Continue reading →

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High Winds

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Doc Arnett

In a world where storms are sometimes stronger than oak trees, it takes more than bending a bit now and then to stand our ground. Continue reading →

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