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TYWKIWDBI      ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Life lesson from a twisted tree | Weird trees, Unique trees, Old trees

"The twisted tree lives its life, while the right tree ends up as planks." "... paraphrased from the Book of Chuang Tzu, the second major text of Taoism. Taoism is a critique of the more mainstream ideals of Confucianism. In the original text the twisted tree story has less to do with “individualism” and more to do with Taoism’s rejection of duality. The twisted tree is so useless that it’s useful, because it’s the only tree left to offer shade after all the others are cut down. Ergo, the…

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Maryland's Old-Growth Forests and Their Ancient Trees

Trees are essential to all life on earth. We’ve all heard it before. However, not everyone knows that age is much more than just a number in the realm of trees. Think of the 1000+ year old Redwoods of California, or the Hemlocks in Virginia which were standing during the Revolutionary War.

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