I am a Giant Sequoia

[yellawhim]

From Annie Dillard's Pilgim at Tinker Creek:

Trees do not accumulate life, but deadwood, like a thickening coat of mail. Their odds actually improve as they age. Some trees, like giant Sequoias, are, practically speaking, immortal, vulnerable only to another ice age. They are not even susceptible to fire. Sequoia wood barely burns, and the

Comments

smoking, burning, and thriving, not just surviving.

[anonymous]

you rock, and I miss you. you even smolder. --peter

[twotrees]

Good, just smolder for now and the cooling will come.