October 4, 2002flame-retardant plastic pines---------------------
Today's photo, taken by our webcam on the east shore of Au Train Lake, tells it all. Shorter days, cooler temperatures, and rainy weather are making it more and more difficult for the leaves to stay on the birch trees. -------------------- Time-honored practices often start by happenstance and blossom into historical permanence without warning: one winter solstice, a druid drags a bush into his hut; 2,000 years later, Wal-Mart is selling flame-retardant plastic pines. Ellen Tien, An Egg-Wich in the Easter Basket, The New York Times.
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