My last article of the year is a guest post by Marlene A. Condon, the author/photographer of The Nature-friendly Garden:  Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People (Stackpole Books; information available HERE.)   You can read her blog In Defense of Nature. Merry Christmas ! Million Trees The novelist E. L. Doctorow, in … Continue reading When ideas remain unexamined and unchallenged, they intimidate ©