My name is Ingrid Palm Abbott and I grew up in the city of Chicago.  I used to visit my aunt here in Olympia when I was little and I've become very attached and connected to the plants that grow in these NW forests.  Moss is the most beautiful and moving living thing on the planet.  I came here to study the relationship between plants, fungi, and humans beings.  I definitely support evolution, however there's something going on in the universe at a higher and more intricate level.  I think that to better understand ourselves we need to look harder into the earth.   I think that we are all alike and need to take care of each other.  Read some books about moss and The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird.