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Sage - 
Your entire blog-site - most beautimous!
Thanks again - 
Sandy
 
 
In a message dated 10/10/2008 11:32:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
eureka AT hctc.net writes:

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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