10/4/21 Dear Mr. Paulson, You arguably are one of the most powerful, famous, and networked men in the world, with many important accomplishments. I am the completely ordinary, middle class, volunteer steward of 53 acres of publicly owned, remnant floodplain woodland situated on the banks of the Des Plaines River. Based on your eponymously named Institute’s website, you apparently spend much of your time as a “thought leader” working to somehow combine free-market growth with the urgent necessity to mitigate carbon emissions and save biodiversity, while I spend many days studying, thinking about, and working, hands-on, to protect and increase the biodiversity of this small patch of actual land. For example, this very morning, before breakfast, before I was aware of your op-ed in the New York Times discussing solutions to the epochal, mass extinction event humanity is causing, I read a report about the likely effects of climate change in Illinois, including the poor adaptation prospec
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Some bloggers post their blooms every friday. Tootsie at Tootsie Time hosts that meme. Katarina at Roses and Stuff used to host Blooming Friday, but it looks like she decided to end it.
Thank you so much for your comments on my blog! My husband asked me why I posted war pictures on the garden blog. How to explain that if that war ended differently I wouldn't have a garden, and there wouldn't be me. Most people prefer to think only about nice things. Thanks again!
I do so love white flowers and your elegant selection was, in my eyes, absolutely perfect.
Thank you for your generous comment to my latest posting to which I have replied.
That is interesting about the lilacs. Mostly we in Illinois suffer gardener's envy when viewing pictures from warmer climes. I, too, think it's important to try to understand history.
Thanks for visiting. I too, love white flowers and hope to visit Sissinghurst some day.
Thanks for the blog, and I look forward to more visits to your garden as it grows. And the Bloomsday reminder, which brought up happy reminders of the perfect sunny days we enjoyed in Ireland.
MRG
MRG, I imagine Ireland must be beautiful in June.
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