John McCain blasts "low-life scum" protestors (Jan. 31, 2015)

marty mars13

31 January 2015 at 12:05 pm

This is lovely

The roots of one of our leafy tenants had cracked the pipe and, while the plumber chap was seeking out the best fitting replacement part, I sawed another chunk of exposed root away. “Sorry, mate,” I said as I patted the tree.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11394630

Talking to trees and other plants is healthy imo. And saying sorry is also healthy. And calling a tree ‘mate’ is very healthy.

• weka13.1

  31 January 2015 at 12:15 pm

  There’s more and more research suggesting that plants have a kind of sentience beyond what we normally consider. Nature is intelligent and it behooves us to behave as if that were true, for our own sakes as much as for nature’s.

  “And saying sorry is also healthy”

  That one seem especially important all things considered.
  • Morrissey13.1.1

    31 January 2015 at 3:30 pm

    You’d get more sense out of a tree root than you would out of people like this….
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEkPoZSBXh0

    or this….
    
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