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  • From: <eureka AT hctc.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Plant life ethics --for real
  • Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:30:04 -0500

Sandy, I think we think along the same lines. For those of you wanting to see our mighty oak, I just posted a picture on my blog at www.flowerweaver.blogspot.com

Texas' largest tree (a Bald Cypress) is within a mile of my home. I think they've tapped into the same underground flowing river that the pioneers did who dug my well.

--Sage

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:26:51 EDT
Bunjov AT aol.com wrote:
Thank you, Sage -

It saddens me sometimes that we have so grown apart from the rest of the life forms. Being at the top of the food chain doesn't mean that we should kill for pleasure...just to survive and procreate, as intended. And so on down the line.

I believe it's Gene who is so attuned to the Gaia idea. It's when we lose sight of this that we get off into theologies, ideologies., etc. and make a mess of things.

It's a lovely and almost poetic story about your trees. I am an inveterate and unashamed tree-hugger, but not in the sense that I'm about to take Bob's book of matches and a gallon of diesel down to the nearest SUV dealership and do any damage. It's more that I can just stand still and commune with a tree - or any number of other beings - and, even at my age, I am in awe.

I know I've mentioned before that there's a little sand dune several yards outside my office window, and I check it every morning. And every day at dawn, when the angle of the sun is just right, I see different paw prints, and itty-bitty bird tracks, and the S's made by our slithery friends. I know who's been there overnight.

My old German Shepherd doesn't sound his alarm unless there's invasive human activity after dark. Whoever the night-time creatures are, he lets them go about their business unannounced.
Sandy
Mid-Mojave


In a message dated 10/10/2008 10:03:10 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, eureka AT hctc.net writes:

I like the Native American notion that the Earth does not belong to us, we belong to it. We have some very large oaks here, including one on the national registry across the street that is estimated to be over 3,000 years old. I think this is why some tribes called trees "keepers of the law". I know my oaks "saw" many residents come an go in their lifetime...Indians, the pioneer blacksmith, the turn of the century preacher, the early postmaster, the modern pharmacist, and now me. It seems ludicrous to think I own these trees. They will hopefully be shading the next many owners in generations to come. Perhaps they look at us like we do our pets--something they take care of whose lifespan does not match theirs.

--Sage


On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:08:26 EDT
Bunjov AT aol.com wrote:
The same concept (notice I didn't say "notion" <g>) has arisen in recent years with the care of animals - referring to ourselves not as owners, but as guardians. I am much more comfortable with that terminology. I take comfort from the feeling that I am smiling down benificently (sp?) on my critters, rather than viewing them as possessions.
Sandy
Mid-Mojave
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