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A Cape Cod Notebook can be heard every Tuesday morning at 8:45am and afternoon at 5:45pm.It's commentary on the unique people, wildlife, and environment of our coastal region.A Cape Cod Notebook commentators include:Robert Finch, a nature writer living in Wellfleet who created, 'A Cape Cod Notebook.' It won the 2006 New England Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Radio Writing.

Counting Tree Rings: Here's My Arboreal Twin

CAI | By Robert Finch

Published December 22, 2015 at 5:40 PM EST

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Clearing a stand of pitch pines near his house, Robert Finch paused to count the rings on one stump, and discovered a startling correspondence. The tree he'd just cut was exactly his age. And studying more closely the rings, a sympathy appeared in the spurts and stunts of their maturation.

The essay originally aired in December 2009.

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Robert Finch is a nature writer living in Wellfleet. 'A Cape Cod Notebook' won the 2006 New England Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Radio Writing.

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