Liminal - When Trees Hijack Time
Chapter 36 of "We Stand in the Middle" is Live!
“You don’t have to roar to be strong. You don’t have to fight to be brave. You just have to remember who you are — and stand there.” - N. Scott Momaday
Some of the world’s most beloved and powerful authors - from Dante and Shakespeare to A.A. Milne, Tolkien, and J.K. Rowling - have used trees and forests to take us on magical journeys. My own childhood and relationship to nature were shaped by these stories, and my wonder only continues to grow the more I learn about our wooded brethren. If you too are intrigued by forests and the stories that unfold within them, I hope you’ll join me for Chapter 36 of We Stand in the Middle as Madison and Appalachia take a step back in time. Click the image of Wahui the screech owl below to be taken to the post.
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Jena
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We lived on the side of a mountain at the gateway to the Smokey Mountain National Park for several years. It was very beautiful, humbling, and feral. I felt like an interloper. There were bears and copperheads and skinks in the yard, in the fall the trees filled with massive spider webs. Magical and dangerous. Humans think themselves far more important than they are.