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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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