The Perfume of Trees

Earth head down, to the roots and up to the wood [above: a pitch burl from a pine in the Grand Canyon] As a person that walks the woods, it is a place that is alive with scent. The mystery of the trees, in their own complex and profoundly beautiful ecosystem, takes...

The Wisdom of The Ancients

While I was walking in the woods, the ancient layers told me their stories. [Image above by Justin Kern, altered by Dawn Clark, AIA, LEED AP] When I was young, in NY, my parents took me to the New York City Museum of Natural History [AMNS.] This was a whim reaching to...