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    I Grew Anyway

    September 10, 2026 - By Andrew Pumpelly

    I was walking past this tree recently when something about it stopped me. At first, it was the shape. You don’t need to be an arborist to look at those enormous bends in the trunk and realize that this tree did not grow according to plan. Something happened. Maybe the…

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