6 | April• 2018
Letters
READERS’ COMMENTS AND OPINIONSGadgets Galore
The article ‘4 Ways to Stop Technology
Addiction’ in your January issue was
timely. Our gadget-craving society
certainly needs this sober reminder.
I love the suggestion to “set aside
reading time” of 30 minutes a day.
It’s a joy to see people reading a
book on the bus or train, instead
of a gadget. I have another
suggestion: no gadgets at the dining
table, whether at home or dining out.
DOREEN ONGnot is debatable. If voluntarily, then
that constitutes will, and therefore,
a great attribute of life. If they do it
automatically, then I would env y
plants in that they are duty-bound
to take care of each other. And
I would say that makes them even
more alive. DENISE BAUTISAMaking Time
for Miracles
‘Now ... While here’s
Time’ in the January
Classic Reads issue
reminded me of a
lovely memory. One
day our third son,he Society of Trees
As a child who grew up in the
city, the trees I have known have
always been ‘dead’ things in the
background of photos taken of
family picnics in the park. Reading
‘he Trees Are Talking’ (February)
made me realise that they are
actually more alive
than humans in
some ways. I was
fascinated by the fact
that dying trees are
fed by surrounding
trees – “their forest
friends”. Whether they
do it voluntarily or
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