metastases

Paul Butzi made a great comment on my last post about detail.
One of the perplexing things is that, while it’s perfectly possible to not see the wood for the trees, it’s not possible to see the wood without seeing the trees.
That is, when I look at the woods that surround my house, I see trees. [...]

We’ve been back from Sweden for a few days (yes, we flew into Gardermoen and that’s in Norway, but it’s also closer to where we were going than any Swedish airport). Lots of trees in Sweden. Not nearly as much snow as there ought to have been (just enough to make driving in [...]