Perhaps you feel autumn-restless too? It's like we're collectively waiting to exhale. Everyone seems a little edgy, distracted by economic anxiety and uncertainties of the coming elections. It's always that way in late autumn – even more so in election years.

Pole Dance

What do you think of when you hear the words "old growth?" Most people visualize sunlight filtering through towering trunks of giant sequoias or redwoods or western hemlock growing in a majestic, ancient forest cathedral.