by Mark Roberts | Apr 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Science and I had started to drift apart. It was all my doing, or lack of doing, as the case was. It wasn’t that I’d intentionally turned my back on her, I’d just been spending more time with someone else, Social Media. While he was demanding, Science patiently...
by Mark Roberts | Feb 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
I recall a television commercial that summed up my understanding of memory loss. Ironically, I remember the ad but not the product it was trying to sell. The ad was a parody of how we remember things. It was set within a person’s brain. In a dimly lit room, a...
by Mark Roberts | Nov 20, 2024 | Nature, Trees
Trees symbolize strength, life, and continuity. They are perfect memorials for those we hold dear or events we wish to remember. As a result, an entire industry is dedicated to planting trees for remembrance. As clever marketing goes, the concept has been borrowed...
by Mark Roberts | Oct 15, 2024 | Nature, selective attention, Trees
For quite some time I despaired at the public’s lack of knowledge of trees. I failed to understand why they couldn’t tell one tree from the other. Just the common ones, I didn’t want everyone to be a closet dendrologist. I felt that it was reasonable for most people...
by Mark Roberts | Jun 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
For many years now I have been teaching a tree risk assessment course. It’s a structured course with modules and sections laid out in a logical teaching order that is not my own. It’s a great course and I have fun teaching it. Each time I start, I give the class a...
