From the OED:
aspen |ˈaspən|
noun
a poplar tree with rounded, long-stalked, and typically coarsely-toothed leaves that tremble in even a slight breeze. • Genus Populus, family Salicaceae: several species, in particular the North American quaking aspen ( P. tremuloides) and bigtooth aspen ( P. grandidentata) and the European P. tremula.
No, in fact, that wasn’t from the OED, it was from the OSX Dictionary widget. Yes, this indicates a level of laziness uncommon in me. There is, in fact, an OED just 27.7 feet from where I sit – I know this because I actually got up to measure the distance (ed: no he didn’t). But even though I went to the basement, fetched the 25′ tape measure, made two measurements to determine the exact distance betwixt myself and our OED, I did not, in fact, take the extra five minutes to read that tome’s definition of “aspen.” Why? First, there’s the 4 point type which requires a magnifying glass to actually read. Then there’s the reading glasses I’d have to fetch from the car in order to read the magnified text. Etc.
The point is that we’ve returned from the Aspen Design Summit. The place/gathering which was hopefully to provide our film about Greensboro, Alabama a most profound beginning. In retrospect, we should have realized this would not be the outcome. A brave contingent of architects, designers and world-changers meeting in the ardent autumn colors of Aspen, Colorado to tackle the blight of rural poverty in Hale County, Alabama might not wish to have their feat documented by our little film crew. And, in fact, they didn’t, so we didn’t
However, our trip did introduce us to many amazing people that we were able to film. And while it wasn’t the outcome we had wished for, it was the best outcome we could have hoped for.
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