trees, the beloved community… on this arbor day, a day we have celebrated on turtle island for almost a century and a half, a day like every other for many of us who celebrate the standing tall people daily, i enjoy/injoy a day of shinrin-yoku, a day of relaxing with trees, a day of forest bathing contemplation… of how we two leggeds be longing to belong to a communion, a community as loving as our tree siblings… so much wisdom flows from our elders…

trusting we are respecting our elders and deeply listening as they teach us and show us the way to live wholeheartedly welcoming each moment with open arms…