On the George Washington Birch Project
24Jul08
In which The Gay Recluse retreats to the summer garden.
The European white birch has always been the focal point of our garden in Washington Heights. Each leaf, of course, represents a day in our past, and for this reason might seem more valuable if there weren’t so many.
–The Gay Recluse, November 13, 2007
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