Largest Norway Spruce in North America

Root Glen (Hamilton College in Clinton, NY) has the largest Norway Spruce in North America.  The picture does not do it justice.  There are other large trees in Root Glen, including a black walnut tree.

Henning Mankell (Wallendar books)

I like blogging better than facebook.    Henning Mankell died yesterday.  My husband and I read most of his books, and I remember watching the Wallendar shows on PBS.  The burning swans were particularly haunting, more so than reading it in the book.

Mankell's books were complex (many characters, side stories, different points of view).  I personally liked "Kennedy's Brain" (a strange title for sure).  By the end of the book you know nothing more than you did reading the first page, but yet it was an interesting journey nonetheless.