We have something called the biophilia hypothesis- basically, we are wired to feel better when we connect with nature.
Hugging a tree as isn’t strange- it is a way for our nervous system to recognize something ancient and familiar.
This tree in the middle of a field close to where my home is- gives an incredible energy – a healing grace.
It is no wonder I have nearly a thousand photos of trees on my phone.
“I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.”
— Joyce Kilmer, from “Trees” (1913)
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Kathie B.
I fondly recall the trees along an historic Roman road you took us to visit in Provence. I thought of reading Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars in high school Latin, and never imagining I’d ever actually see Gaul!
And as a native northern Californian, of course I love our coast redwoods!
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