PENN OAK: It's still "in press"

For those of you who are curious about whether the London Grove Oak has appeared in "National Geographic" yet: no, it hasn't.
Back in July 2014 I wrote about the husband-and-wife team of Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, who stopped by London Grove Friends Meeting to make photos of the Penn Oak as part of a "National Geographic" story on "wise trees." They told me they wanted to include the Penn Oak not only for its majesty but also because it was a witness to William Penn's requirement that Pennsylvania settlers preserve one acre of trees for every five acres cleared. The assignment also took them to India, Mexico and Ground Zero in Manhattan, where they shot the "survivor" Callery pear tree that lived through 9/11. Diane told me back then that the story was scheduled to come out in the August 2015 issue, but apparently it has been delayed -- par for the course in the magazine world!.

Len Jenshel and Diane Cook shooting the Penn Oak in July 2014.