From The Overstory Richard Powers: “Night falls early, signaling the trees to drop their sugar-making project, shed all vulnerable parts, and harden up. Sap falls. Cells become permeable. Water flows out of the trunks and concentrates into anti-freeze. The dormant life just below the bark is lined with water so pure that nothing is left to help it crystalize.” Yesterday, February 1st, marked the day that many consider “mid-winter.” People celebrated our days getting noti