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this photograph   Noah Berger  associated press   in NYT

my body.  my self.   can barely hold this photograph.  Firefighters….they are singular extraordinary human beings.   who become crazy with it.  it consumes them.   when there is threat here,  they gather forces at the Lakeside Grocery just down the way,  there's a large parking lot full of their trucks.    Cal Fire,  Forest Service  it becomes a bub.   which is selfish of me…is so near by

Yosemite.   the Mariposa Grove.   Sierra Nevada California.   Washburn  Fire.    a Tree there,  Sequoia,  thought to be 2,000 to 3,000 years old.     Just stop.    Think of this.  a tree.   2,000 or 3,000     years    old.   Stop.   Think this.   

stop.   think this.

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9 responses to “Heart”

  1. jude Avatar

    was thinking on this all day yesterday

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  2. Yvette Avatar

    Stop thinking?
    How?

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  3. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    When the news of the fires in Yosemite came known and the threat to the Sequoias, I went to one of our family photo album and took out my favorite photo of time spent in Yosemite and placed it on my altar. The photo was taken in 1978. My 8 yr old twin girls, are on either side of me, I’m in the middle and we are all standing next to and leaning against a giant Sequoia. I am wearing my Dad’s old hat, never went camping without it and in that moment, I felt not only his arms hugging us, but also, the hugs of this old, giant Sequoia… it is not possible to use words to describe how it feels to be in the presence of such ancient beings…you only can see their magnificence and feel their wisdom and grace…

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  5. Deb G Avatar

    I started wondering how many human generations…at least 80 for a 2,000 year old tree. To be that old…

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    the thought of it is HUGE

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    no..not stop thinking, but Stop
    to think

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    we should. we should cringe as if it is our skin

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    so so anciently elderly, these beings

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