Over 10,000 years ago humans in the Northern Hemisphere began to see trees as cosmic ladders that connected them to a stationary star in the center of the universe. As fixed poles they helped to record the movements of the sun by day and the stars at night. Some cultures also began imagining super natural…
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A journey down chestnut lane
My desire to share the stories of trees is directly related to the “chestnut” trees that lived in our backyard. They lined the alley behind our home that led to Holzhausen Park in Frankfurt, Germany. Holzhausen Park is where I first met the “Tree Spirit” who changed my life. I was almost seven years old…