“Life in the Seven Kingdoms is never dull . . .” –Jen McConnel, School Library Journal

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Tree like a cathedral, with flying buttress sort of trunks. Huge canopy of leaves and the trunks more than twice the height of a person.

What do gardens, libraries and exploring have in common?

Fantastic tree in the botanical garden. Orto Botanico, Palermo, Sicily. © Laurel Decher, 2016. Planting a tree in Palermo a few hundred years ago means

April 18, 2016

Create something new: What would you do with 500 olive trees?

500 olive trees. Sciacca, Sicily. © Laurel Decher, 2016. I recently came across another inspiring example of using your inheritance to create something new. Alessandro

April 11, 2016

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“Life in the Seven Kingdoms is never dull . . .” –Jen McConnel, School Library Journal

Tag: Sicily

This Is An Overseas Post

What do gardens, libraries and exploring have in common?

Create something new: What would you do with 500 olive trees?