Jared Farmer
@geohumanist.bsky.social
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Place-based historian based in Philadelphia; professor at Penn; author of “Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees”
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Congrats on your banner year!
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Yes, on slow plants, a slow read seems appropriate!
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MLK Day, Philadelphia.
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Of peace on Earth, good will to trees
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Thanks for sharing—a lot for me to think about.
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The oeuvre of Katie Lee (about the Colorado River) is remarkable.
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I guess we should’ve seen it all coming since the 1970s…
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Polish poetry (Stanisław Barańczak), always timely
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“History is the unceasing attempt to understand what it is that has happened alongside all that might have happened as well or instead.”
—Olga Tokarczuk
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The 4,000-year-old timber circle known as Seahenge, 1999. There is a long then, as well as a long now, for humans and trees.
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The view from Philadelphia of an approaching cyclone.
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Only 4 steps removed from Bill O’Reilly!
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That’s where Ian McHarg’s studio used to be.