tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post5193322118021671579..comments2023-11-24T01:41:06.381-07:00Comments on The Whole Blooming World: New Year of the TreesSusan Carpenter Simshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-10392201419420292362010-02-06T20:30:27.634-07:002010-02-06T20:30:27.634-07:00Jennifer, I've read some of your comments, and...Jennifer, I've read some of your comments, and they blow mine out of the water. I think you deserve a party. Same to you, Polly. Yours are always so insightful (not to mention complimentary). <br /><br />Why don't we just ALL have a party?A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-72656768408684573292010-02-06T17:34:12.402-07:002010-02-06T17:34:12.402-07:00I agree, there should be an award for excellence i...I agree, there should be an award for excellence in commenting. Let's DO IT!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270178527947291611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-53480461261831944862010-02-06T10:38:48.763-07:002010-02-06T10:38:48.763-07:00SS - Savor is indeed a perfect word to go with thi...SS - Savor is indeed a perfect word to go with this post. Thank you for the blessing.<br /><br />Postie - I am so grateful to have you as one of my readers. You make ME dance and sing with your articulate and supportive comments.<br /><br />Jennifer - We should throw him a party or something. Is there a blogging award for excellence in commenting? There should be.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-92174593667605460652010-02-06T06:47:05.898-07:002010-02-06T06:47:05.898-07:00ting ting - cheers to that Postman!ting ting - cheers to that Postman!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270178527947291611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-67168207519958193772010-02-05T21:08:32.887-07:002010-02-05T21:08:32.887-07:00Don't worry. It's the only the unworthy pe...Don't worry. It's the only the unworthy people you're losing, the ones who can't (or won't) think about what you've written and read between the lines. I definitely have to read twice sometimes to fully understand the complex principles you're delineating, and sometimes I don't fully understand. But none of that is your fault. I think you do a splendid job of bringing these obscure concepts and nearly forgotten rituals and traditions to light. But more than that, you make them real. You make them dance and sing. You give them real appeal, enriching them with your words. <br /><br />Like I said, it's a joy to read.A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-51465193566818526052010-02-05T14:48:32.976-07:002010-02-05T14:48:32.976-07:00Marvelous post about the richness of home based ce...Marvelous post about the richness of home based celebration. That's something I love to remember that a meal prepared with care for people you love is the most delicious meal of all - a celebration of life and the pleasure of living it.<br /><br />Your slowing down, your self care - there's a word that I added into my vocabulary this year and that is SAVOR. I was journaling for myself again yesterday about the word, why I selected it and why it feels so right for me. In slowing down we give ourselves a chance to savor all of the richness around us. May you savor this day and taste that sweet syrup somewhere along the way.<br />xoxoDianna Woolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901349180265745138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-5066835777361698792010-02-05T12:17:31.819-07:002010-02-05T12:17:31.819-07:00Thanks for saying so, Postie. That's very val...Thanks for saying so, Postie. That's very validating for me. I was just saying to Jennifer last night in an email that I worry that I'm too "out in left field" for many blog readers (especially after your thoughtful post about appealing to readers).<br /><br />I went to see The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus the other day. I'm a huge Terry Gilliam fan and I adored this movie, but it got a horribly scathing review in our local newspaper, because the reviewer JUST DIDN'T GET IT. I could see something like that happening to me. Terry Gilliam is definitely not for everyone, but has a very loyal following among those to whom his work appeals. I think it might be the same way with me.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-61704277736802522832010-02-05T12:10:24.377-07:002010-02-05T12:10:24.377-07:00Some of the most highly underrated organisms in th...Some of the most highly underrated organisms in the world, trees. I like to lie under them, too--but for the shade. Nothing like shade on a hot, sunny day, and the moving work of art of little spots of sun dancing all around and over you as you lay there. <br /><br />Marvelous post. I had no idea that Judaism had so many holidays you never hear about, like four New Years, one of which is for trees. That's amazing stuff. I love reading this posts of yours. They're interesting, sure, but quite relevant. You always manage to tie them in with something tangible, some real world significance.A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-25088092998783210542010-02-05T08:56:31.061-07:002010-02-05T08:56:31.061-07:00*Update*
There are a couple of things I wish I...*Update*<br /><br />There are a couple of things I wish I'd thought to put in this post, so I'll mention them now:<br /><br />First, Delwyn has a wonderful post about trees with an exercise for associating oneself with four trees that represent different aspects of one's being: http://ahazymoon.blogspot.com/2009/09/four-trees.html<br /><br />Also, when my two oldest daughters were little, and we were living in Louisiana I used to go out walking with them in the double-stroller, and there was a school we walked past called Twin Oaks, named for the two beautiful live oaks in the front yard. The girls would chatter away for most of the walk, but every time we approached those trees, they would get very very quiet. It was a holy moment each and every time.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-55811309894138418742010-02-05T08:26:10.998-07:002010-02-05T08:26:10.998-07:00Delwyn - that's lovely. I've been thinkin...Delwyn - that's lovely. I've been thinking about wholeness/brokenness lately.<br /><br />Jenny - what a great quote to have before you as daily inspiration. I love real maple syrup too. In fact, last night we had "breakfast for dinner," pancakes with real maple syrup. Yum.<br /><br />Dan - good point. Slowing down is really about learning to enter stillness. This is fitting very well with my "quiet love" theme. What loves more quietly than a tree?<br /><br />Tess - Thank you. Yes, I'm quite taken with the sap to syrup analogy. It's a good one to work with for me.<br /><br />Jennifer - Thank you. That Thoreau quote is perfect. Thanks for sharing it. <br /><br />Cypress are another of my favorite trees. I tend to keep a supply of cypress essential oil too, but that's the one that Eliana emptied out on Christmas Eve - I need to replace it.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-27107946261369169042010-02-05T06:30:25.345-07:002010-02-05T06:30:25.345-07:00Also, the beauty of:
"And when I begin to s...Also, the beauty of: <br /><br />"And when I begin to slip into my familiar sense of rush and tension, I need to call to mind the maple with its slow gift of sap, or the luxurious live oak with its lazy swaying moss, or my favorite - the slowest and most spirited of trees, the patient redwood."<br /><br />poetic and flowing - just peaceful! Beautiful words.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270178527947291611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-5720726280192105542010-02-05T06:28:25.034-07:002010-02-05T06:28:25.034-07:00There is never enjoyment in striving for me. This...There is never enjoyment in striving for me. This is beautiful and the book is noted. I have a long long list now for an order with Amazon!<br /><br />This post is so wonderful and invigorating. As I read I felt the pace of my breath slowing - the reminder of pacing myself to go at it slowly. Thank you. Especially with the business I have at hand this weekend. Thank you.<br /><br />This post reminded me of this: ..."but worst of all when you are the slave driver of yourself...As if you could kill time without injuring eternity." <br />Walden - Henry David Thoreau<br /><br />"Only we, in our arrogance<br />push out beyond what we each belong to<br />for some empty freedom." - YES.<br /><br />"And when I begin to slip into my familiar sense of rush and tension, I need to call to mind the maple with its slow gift of sap, or the luxurious live oak with its lazy swaying moss, or my favorite - the slowest and most spirited of trees, the patient redwood." - Thank you I am pondering the cypress in my back yard this morning and the willow at my husband's home place - Thank you.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270178527947291611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-41941758052963074442010-02-05T04:38:48.388-07:002010-02-05T04:38:48.388-07:00Hmmm, what a treat this post is, full of rich good...Hmmm, what a treat this post is, full of rich goodness that we have to work at just a little, like the sap into syrup.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-51726363659131259232010-02-05T00:06:02.109-07:002010-02-05T00:06:02.109-07:00Trees ARE great teachers. People much wiser and le...Trees ARE great teachers. People much wiser and less civilized than us recognized the wisdom of trees and, I am told, were given deep and specific teachings.<br /><br />One very obvious lesson trees teach with their very being is that we can be very productive, generous, and beautiful with out going---let alone hurrying---anywhere.Dan Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628603380292404658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-21945017582230491122010-02-04T23:57:51.304-07:002010-02-04T23:57:51.304-07:00"Trees are the Earth's endless effort to ..."Trees are the Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven." Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)<br />I have this quote by my art table. Ahhhh...trees.<br />Funny you should mention maple syrup...I LOVE real maple syrup and just this morning I was licking the extra off my plate. It is the ONLY time I will lick my plate...can't stand to waste any of it! :) I had a blissful moment as I thought how this perfect sweetness comes from a tree?! Perfect.Jenny Stevninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08019351898496801498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-13255445906855476312010-02-04T23:46:35.777-07:002010-02-04T23:46:35.777-07:00We are not here to remain whole
we are like the tr...We are not here to remain whole<br />we are like the trees<br />the trees that are broken<br />we must learn to draw up again<br /> from the great roots...<br /><br />R BlyDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.com