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Motherless Daughters

Nature often offers metaphors more elegant than any we can manufacture. In the redwood ecosystem, all seeds are contained in pods called burls, tough brown clumps that grow where the mother tree’s trunk and root system meet. When the mother … Continue reading

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Will Rogers Quotes

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. The short memories of American voters is what keeps politicians in office. Will Rogers

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