John Nelson

1 week ago | jacksonprogress-argus.com | John Nelson

Summer 1962: it was the summer of “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King (which was a good thing), Marilyn Monroe had just died (a sad thing), and America was soon to be gearing up for a missile crisis in the Caribbean (a very scary thing). The summer highlight for this 11-year old kid, though, had to be the week at Boy Scout camp, one county removed from home. I’ll never forget that week, and one of the memories from it was these trees, growing outside of the mess hall.

1 week ago | henryherald.com | John Nelson

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3 weeks ago | henryherald.com | John Nelson

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3 weeks ago | jacksonprogress-argus.com | John Nelson

“And this our life exempt from public hauntFinds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,Sermons in stones and good in every thing.”Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 2, scene 1 This is the vine which the Girl Scouts tell us to recognize by its compound, trifoliolate leaves (that is, with three leaflets), and which we are obliged to leave alone, because it can be very problematic. Depending on one’s susceptibility to it, it can indeed cause severe contact dermatitis.

2 months ago | rockdalenewtoncitizen.com | John Nelson

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