Gordon's Choice The first to fall were the birch trees, just as beguiling when horizontal. The world was unconcerned. The willows fell next, weeping into a tumble. When we lost the baobabs and ginkgos, arborists expressed dismay. Humanity only shrugged. Losing the rubber trees caught our attention, mostly because commerce suffered. Then, we lost the mangroves and maples, alders and ashes, figs and firs. Our collective mourning over trees’ ephemeral nature did nothing to bring them back.
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Jenna Hanan Moore
21/6/2024 05:00:45 pm
Wow! This is one of the most powerful things I have ever read in only 100 words. Brilliantly done!
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Sue Clayton
22/6/2024 05:08:52 am
Demise of the environment in 100 words. Powerful.
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Stephen Goodlad
22/6/2024 11:38:59 am
Our agenda is all wrong. Trees could be our saviour, but we destroy them anyway and only mourn the ones with a commercial value. It sums up world economics. Brilliant story
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david milner
25/6/2024 09:26:05 am
My thanks to you, Bob.
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27/6/2024 01:55:18 am
There's an old saying that, if only trees provided wifi, we'd plant them on every corner. Unfortunately, they only give us the oxygen we breathe, pull carbon from the air, provide shade, create the atmospheric river along the Amazon, and give a whole array of critters a place to live, so, really, what use are they?
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