MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • August 8, 2021
During the pandemic, many of us have found solace in nature. ‘Finding the Mother Tree, Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest,’ by Suzanne Simard (Alfred A. Knopf, 2021), took me on the most mind-expanding walk in the woods I’ve yet experienced. She makes the case that we must transform our thinking “by recognizing that trees and plants . . . perceive, relate, and communicate. . . . They cooperate, make decisions, learn, and remember — qualities we normally ascribe to sentience, wisdom, and intelligence.” ~ Pam Blake, Freeport