trees of wisdom and beauty
At this point I want to disclose that February is my favourite month.
I like to think of it as ‘the reliable’ month. Apart from every four years when it goes a little crazy, it’s the kind of way a month should be. 4 weeks. Plain. Simple. You know where you are. The best February of course is where Feb 1st falls on a Monday. Then the rest of that month is so easy to navigate. And March follows the same pattern (for four weeks at least) which is a real bonus. It probably means nothing to most people but to those of us with ‘odd’ attitudes and relationships to numbers it’s a great boon. Personally I’d have 10 hours in a day, 10 days in a week, 10 weeks in a month and 10 months in a year but… the universe and human intervention chose another path. This picture of what is now known as ‘Helen’s Beech’ was taken a February ago. On my birthday. And it features in a book ‘Brand Loyalty’ (from 2010). So it seemed only appropriate that I start working on the first draft of the ‘companion’ to Brand Loyalty (it’s not a sequel because it’s about quantum infinity) on 1st Feb. The book will be published either on 02022020 or 20022020 depending on how the quantum mood takes me. So in less than 400 days from now. The first date is a Sunday and the second date a Thursday. And I was born on a Thursday… (in February) in the snow. (not literally, I mean it was snowy outside.) Anyway, all of this points, in my mind at least to the observation that it’s not just that rules are made to be broken, it’s that rules are made to be made up. As are traditions and superstitions. I visited Helen’s Beech when out on a walk today. After my writing session. It seemed fitting. The tree is also known as the ‘thinking, drinking’ tree. It’s where I can still climb out on the bough (literally going out on a limb) and think and at the same time Dude (and Hector if he ever gets a chance) can get a good drink from the natural bowl at the base. This is one mighty fine tree. And from it many stories have grown and will grow.
1 Comment
Pat Hutchison
10/6/2021 11:11:07 am
A magical place.
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
2019Stories and memories sparked by trees I have known and loved Archives
February 2019
Categories |