Author Archives: nancymack

One of the goals of the Susie forest is to make each tree meaningful to someone. The birthday and anniversary trees for Susie marking the beginning and end of her life are very meaningful to me. So I have set … Continue reading →

Yesterday I went to the Arbor Festival prepared for anything, even adding another tree to the Susie Forest. There have been a couple of Susie trees planted at these festivals but this year no one, not even me, brought up … Continue reading →

Beth is here and now we’re going to see if I can get a picture into a post. Here we go! Here it comes – maybe.

Last night I received word about Jim Flott, the first arborist I worked with in Spokane and his wife Merri Hartse that I worked with at the library. Their daughter Grace is studying in Paris and last week was badly … Continue reading →

The trip to St Louis was wonderful but hard. It was hard to show Jack and Becky the corner where Susie was killed and hard to walk where she had walked to the Gateway Arch on her last evening. Somehow … Continue reading →

My son Jack and I leave for the airport in a few minutes. In her journal from her bike trip in Australia, Susie wrote that we should strive for the bittersweet. That’s what this trip is. Tomorrow morning I will … Continue reading →

Last December I read an article in the paper that really moved me. It was about Carol and Karl Speltz and the beginning of Carol’s journey with Alzheimer’s. “They should have a tree,” was my immediate thought and I called … Continue reading →

I believe in the power of trees but I don’t know that they can bring the sides together in Washington. I’d like to think that if they held their negotiations under the trees that things would go better. The St … Continue reading →

I’m waiting for the news this morning. I was going to put an event on the site but I don’t know if it will occur. Jack, Becky and I have tickets to fly to St Louis on Thursday to honor … Continue reading →

I’ve taken off my rain-drenched hat, removed my mud-clogged boots, fixed a mug of hot cocoa and I’m in heaven. I arrived at the Sixth Ave planting site and watched the crew from District 81 put in the last of … Continue reading →