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Good Tuesday morning to you!
 

With the winter winds and ice storms of late, any lingering leaves that were hanging on the trees are now gone. The remains are skeletons of what were plush, green examples of life a few months ago. But those bare branches are not dead, at least not most of them. They are simply preparing for another emergence that will happen in just a few short months.

The growth of trees is truly amazing, and the comparison to the human body is an easy one to make, especially as we work through own forms of hibernation this winter.

Think about how a tree and a human body both have physical trunks (our cores) and branches (our arms and legs) that reach out from the center. You may even find a tree or two that look like humans. If you watched “H.R. Pufnstuf” on Saturday mornings in the 1970s or were amused by Groot in “Guardians of the Galaxy” in recent years, you know exactly what I am talking about.

Our reliance on water and the sun makes us similar to trees as well. Take away one or both, and we are in big trouble. Expose us to water and the sun, and we grow and thrive.

The bark on a tree is similar to our skin, a protective layer that holds us all together. When the cuts are too deep, we can become infected with deadly diseases. Over time, we can also both become hollow and suffer slow deaths.

Although trees and humans can survive alone, we both do much better in groups or communities. But put too many in one location, and some of us will be weeded out naturally.

Maybe the most interesting comparison between humans and trees is how we need each other. As humans, we breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Trees do the opposite by taking in carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen.

Country music artist Dolly Parton has been quoted saying, “Storms make trees take deeper roots” with an obvious nod to how life’s difficult challenges make us stronger human beings, too.

So, go ahead. Hug a tree. Or better yet, make a plan this spring to plant one… or 10.

Have a terrific Tuesday, and thanks for reading.

Shane Goodman
President and Publisher
Big Green Umbrella Media
shane@dmcityview.com
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Your Clear Mortgage forecast from Jason Parkin

It’ll be another comparatively mild day today, then another cold shot moves in tomorrow. It appears we could see very light snow early on Thursday and again early Friday.

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Things To Do
 

Tuesday, Jan. 4 (through Jan. 23)
“Justin Favela: Central American”
At: Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave., Des Moines
Info: Work created on site by the artist includes a large-scale installation, wall and floor sculptures and a paper chandelier for the Meier building’s atrium. In Anna K. Meredith Gallery & Kyle J. and Sharon Krause Atrium. www.desmoinesartcenter.org

 
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Headlines

FROM KCCI: DMPD: Man wanted in brutal assault of woman captured in Boone County

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Police Department on Monday confirmed that a man wanted in the brutal assault of a woman in Des Moines in November has been captured. Police had been looking for 25-year-old Ricardo Jeremiah Carroll since November. He was wanted in a brutal assault that lasted for several hours when a woman was “intentionally, punched, kicked, choked, and burned,“ police said.  ...READ MORE FROM KCCI

FROM WHO-TV: Ames father gets a new heart, new outlook on life

AMES, Iowa — Steven Graham is starting the new year with a new outlook on life “There’s really nothing that can express what it’s like to know you probably should have died twice,” Graham said, “and somehow you didn’t.”  READ MORE FROM WHO-TV

FROM WOI-DT Local 5: December 2021 in the top-10 warmest Decembers for Des Moines ever

Three of the top 10 warmest Decembers on record in Des Moines have occurred since 2000. ... READ MORE FROM WOI-DT Local 5

 
CITYVIEW's Best Of Des Moines 2022

The polls have closed, the results have been tallied, and the 2022 Best Of Des Moines readers' choices will be announced soon! Watch for results in the February issue of CITYVIEW!

 
Personalities
 

Poetting family comes home to warm welcome
Family receives “coming home ceremony” after a hospital stay.

By Amy Kort

After Masse Poetting’s water broke at 17 weeks, her family was given little hope their third child would live.

“Our baby would have to make it to 22 weeks to be considered viable,” Masse says. “She hung on, and I was taken to Iowa City to stay until the baby arrived. Noah is considered micropremie. She had a tracheotomy and gastronomy in April and continues to practice speech and physical therapies. She has challenges and obstacles, but we hope to have her off the ventilator by the time she’s three.”

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Birthdays and Notables!
 

Happy Birthday to these celebrities:  Julia Ormond, Kris Bryant, Liza Soberano, Jeannie Mai Jenkins, Scott Frost, Dyan Cannon, Coco Jones, Michael Stipe, Richard Rankin, Dave Foley, Jill Marie Jones, Graham Elliot

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Poll of the Week
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When do you take down your Christmas tree?

The day after Christmas - 9%
A week after Christmas - 46%
Two weeks after Christmas - 25%
Three weeks or more after Christmas - 9%
Don’t have a Christmas tree - 11%

 
Morning Chuckle
 
YESTERDAY'S RIDDLE:

How does a penguin build his home?

HE GLUES (IGLOOS) IT! Got it, Linda Westergaard, Gail Tomlinson, Barry Laws

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What can fly all day but never leave its starting point?

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