tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post2840401482288932925..comments2024-02-12T07:30:38.258-06:00Comments on One Man's Wonder: LIFE AND LIMB – A Tree Hugger Turns the TablesJeffrey Williushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748080134354732541noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post-25678993910668562862016-11-23T07:32:56.745-06:002016-11-23T07:32:56.745-06:00Thank you, Jeff, yes, my wedsite has a few poems a...Thank you, Jeff, yes, my wedsite has a few poems and more will be put on in the coming months www.jeanrsampson.com<br />I am so sorry about that elm and I know exactly what you mean about how it affected the entire end of your block. jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961979007878946132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post-83513312243177456992016-11-20T12:46:35.035-06:002016-11-20T12:46:35.035-06:00Thanks Jean. What a sweet remembrance of that old ...Thanks Jean. What a sweet remembrance of that old sycamore! We did the same -- and ultimately lost -- a lovely American elm on the boulevard in front of our home. It had created such a sense of space that our whole end of the block was affected when it fell.<br />BTW, is there a place on line where one could read some of your poetry?Jeffrey Williushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748080134354732541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037880479077170696.post-68978687713898298222016-11-20T10:33:51.103-06:002016-11-20T10:33:51.103-06:00I totally am with you on this, Jeff! I always talk...I totally am with you on this, Jeff! I always talk to trees on my walks and thank them for being here and tell them how beautiful they are. I think they both ground and lift me up at the same time. I lost the old sycomore tree that I grew up with and even colored the places I could reach where the bark had fallen off. When I realized the tree, which was huge, was not doing well, we spent lots of money to feed and treat it, but finally, a wind storm got it. I grieved as if I had lost a family member. It has been the subject of several poems and what I finally realized was that the strong energy and life force of that wonderful tree is still there! I have a new maple tree near where the old sycomore stood, and I am always careful to love and praise that tree, knowing that it is being looked after by the spirit of my old friend.jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961979007878946132noreply@blogger.com