An illustrated excerpt from The Cold Canyon Fire Journals, “Oak and Pine in Life and Death,” was published in Issue 79-4 of Arnoldia, the magazine of the Harvard Arnold Arboretum.
“Trees live and die slowly, but it is difficult to remember this in the context of a disturbance like wildfire. The fire can feel like a catastrophe, and tallying the damage afterward feels so urgent. Trees move in their own time, and it is hard for me to comprehend when I am so quick, so mobile, so unrooted.”
Robin Lee Carlson, Oak and Pine in Life and Death
Robin Lee Carlson 