People and Trees

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The Overstory continually reminds us that humans are not the be-all and end-all we often think we are. The author does this in different ways, each point all its own.

He points out our blindness to the significance of other life forms, and the clarity that emerges when one slows down long enough to really look.

Ray adjusts to his life of stillness after his stroke, seeing both his beloved books and yard…