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zen__goddess

cocooned book caterpillar

Feb 02, 2005 23:24

Further and further I go... into the hours of dark and quiet, solitude and sleep. Something about it feels too dark and too quiet this time around; something that feels could be or is a detriment to myself that I almost feel an urgency of getting myself out of. It is comfortable for sure. The scary thing is, just how comfortable i've become. I'm ( Read more... )

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sumra February 3 2005, 22:56:12 UTC

that sounds like an awesome book.

if you're serious about living in a tree, and you want company, I might be convinced to go to Oregon again and visit my beloved fall creek, or possibly some other tree-sits. (british columbia?, northern California?) So far I've only visited the tree sitters for limited amounts of time. If I had some friend who wanted to go with me and actually live there for some time, I would *seriously* consider it.

If you were to decide to go and do that by yourself, that would be completely understandable as well. And admirable. and a wonderful experience for you, I'm sure. The time I spent with the threatened old growth ranks up there with the best times of my life.

zen__goddess February 4 2005, 07:14:05 UTC

I will remember that, my friend. And next time we get together i would love to hear about those experiences of yours. I've been thinking that it feels very much in the flow to come out to SLC before the summer since i hope to spend plenty of time also, in CO and NM. All of it together would be way too much time away from my kitty and my absence, i'm afraid, will be very hard on her. I'm interested to see in which directions and ways the flow takes me and need to keep faith that by intuitively staying with it, I wont be led down an unsafe path. I feel that with my adventurous spirit, a travel to any distance can be no less than an adventure. Peace

sumra February 7 2005, 07:49:52 UTC

That's awesome! I look forward to seeing you, and of course you're welcome here.

Yes, I would be happy to tell you most anything you want to know about my experiences. Talking about things brings me back and its almost like a taste of actually being there again to tide me over until I'm *actually* there again. :)

teysah February 4 2005, 02:14:49 UTC

oh how i love that book! about a year and a half ago i checked legacy of luna out from the library and read the whole thing in less than 24 hours. i rarely do that with books. i just couldn't put it down!

you are so right about the way julia writes. she is such pure LOVE- the things she does, the words she says... i can almost feel that love pouring from her heart when i read what she's written. she is able to tell us about such horrible things- this war against beautiful thousand year old trees, and yet i do not feel that sad afterwards, because it is as though she is giving us a big hug the whole time and telling us: its going to be okay, as long as we all do something- anything.

zen__goddess February 4 2005, 07:20:38 UTC

Exactly! It is difficult to cease reading the book at any point. Have you read her other book? I think i'll have to check that one out too eventually. I was totally going to order myself one of those supper kits from her website (with the conference in mind) and they are out of stock! Grr! Peace

teysah February 16 2005, 16:49:45 UTC

I have read her other book "One Makes the Difference", its filled with all kinds of little ways that you can make a difference, and then you start to do lots of little things and realize you've changed a lot:)

Also, i recently came across some stuff while i was looking at the greenpeace website, this one is about the damage done to forests by Kleenex (and what we can do about it):
http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/features/details?item_id=662845&campaign_id=503422

zen__goddess February 16 2005, 23:23:22 UTC

I actually got "One Makes A Difference" in the mail a couple days ago.

Thanks for the link. I hadn't come across that one. Everyday I have the relief of how i'm trying to make a difference (not using tissues or napkins and making comments to my family on a near-daily basis on things they're doing that are wasteful). Despite my own efforts, the actions of the family are very frustrating as well as the fact that there seems to be no other alternative that they're willing to pursue. Whatever is most convenient and clean is the pattern and I wish they would see the impact of their usage and what it adds up to.