Welcome. What you will find here will be my random thoughts and reactions to various books I have read, films I have watched, and music I have listened to. In addition I may (or may not as the spirit moves me) comment about the fantasy world we call reality, which is far stranger than fiction.
Thursday, November 2, 2017
A Minute Meditation
No. 224
I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.
I recall reading about the early American settlers from England and elsewhere; they were flabbergasted when they saw the plentiful trees in North America. I have a similar reaction whenever I can return to my heavily wooded roots in western Pennsylvania mountains. The plains, beaches, and deserts do not similarly “wow” me. Thanks for the words from Muir. I am transported!
R.T., I have a similar response when I drive up Mt. Lemmon, just north of Tucson. I've read similar accounts of the extensive forests of North America many years ago.
Cooper's descriptions of the early forests are excellent: see the Deerslayer and Chinachgook racing thru the trees to the rescue... the movie was good, too... i've recently learned that trees communicate with each other; exchanging chemical compounds and organic rootlets underground... i've always thought they were smarter than humans... nicer, too... Muir was one of the few sane persons around, imo...
Brian, there are many times when I think the biologists got it wrong when they named us homo sapiens sapiens--it should be homo discontentus discontentus.
I recall reading about the early American settlers from England and elsewhere; they were flabbergasted when they saw the plentiful trees in North America. I have a similar reaction whenever I can return to my heavily wooded roots in western Pennsylvania mountains. The plains, beaches, and deserts do not similarly “wow” me. Thanks for the words from Muir. I am transported!
ReplyDeleteR.T., I have a similar response when I drive up Mt. Lemmon, just north of Tucson. I've read similar accounts of the extensive forests of North America many years ago.
DeleteCooper's descriptions of the early forests are excellent: see the Deerslayer and Chinachgook racing thru the trees to the rescue... the movie was good, too...
ReplyDeletei've recently learned that trees communicate with each other; exchanging chemical compounds and organic rootlets underground... i've always thought they were smarter than humans... nicer, too... Muir was one of the few sane persons around, imo...
Mudpuddle, when traveling around the western US, I found two sacred places: Sequoia National Park and The Grand Canyon.
DeleteThere is something about the quite and the clam. Be it people or other organisms. Maybe they are the most content.
ReplyDeleteBrian, there are many times when I think the biologists got it wrong when they named us homo sapiens sapiens--it should be homo discontentus discontentus.
DeleteLOL!! i'm sorry, Brian, it's just that that's funny!! there is indeed something about clams: sessile in their calm watery environment...
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