Tree Stories is a unique gathering of stories and poems, written by adults and children, about a special tree in their life. Reading of these healing, heartfelt connections nurtures our human spirit and reminds us of the simple beauties of life. They honor the personal, material and spiritual values that trees play in our lives. These personal tributes also encourage us to sanctify life in all its dimensions -- human, plant and animal -- and strengthen our resolve to protect our planet. Book jacket.

Warren D. Jacobs is a psychiatrist, storyteller, composer of music and lover of trees. He has two adult daughters, Elana and Rebecca, and lives with his wife, Judie, in Atlanta, Georgia Karen I. Shragg is the director of the Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Minnesota. She is a founding member of the Minnesota Earth Day network

Preface

11

(2)

Warren David Jacobs

Introduction

13

(2)

Karen I. Shragg

Think Like a Tree

15

(4)

Karen I. Shragg

Trees As Teachers

The Loving of Trees

19

(1)

C.B. Follett

Scar Tree

20

(4)

Shanti Benoit

The Willow Tree

24

(2)

Jill Hammer

Cultivating Knowledge

26

(1)

Richard Beban

Carrying Water to Trees

27

(3)

Louis Martinelli

Waiting for a Message

30

(1)

Rochelle Mass

Tree Epiphany

31

(1)

Nicole S. Urdang

Tree, Why Do You Bind Me?

32

(3)

Laura Snyder

How To Enjoy a Tree

35

(4)

Vivina Ciolli

Trees As Nurturers

A Maple

39

(7)

Michael Collins

Profound Reflection

46

(1)

Marty Kraft

Tree-Breath

47

(1)

Forest Shomer

Grandfather Cottonwoods

48

(2)

Jackie Lee Hofer

Peace Trees

50

(5)

Walter Enloe

Trees Of Childhood

A Tree Remembered

55

(1)

J. P. Dancing Bear

Mimosas

56

(3)

Laura C. Martin

Branches of Delight

59

(1)

Robert C. Fuentes

Elm Tree Moment

60

(1)

Robert C. Fuentes

Tree Companions

61

(2)

Teresa W. Wolfe

Things I Believed When I Was Eight

63

(1)

Claudia Van Gerven

In Which She Discovers She Has Always Been a Witch

64

(1)

Claudia Van Gerven

Wood Carving Teacher

65

(1)

Clara Courteau

Little White Stones

66

(1)

Carol Field

The Climbing Tree

67

(2)

Richard Risemberg

Hidden Up

69

(1)

C. B: Follett

Of Mulberry Trees and Lightning Strikes

70

(2)

Cynthia A. Arnett

Backyard Tree

72

(1)

Lisa Fay

The Lesson of the Kapok Tree

73

(2)

Susana Bouquet-Chester

A Tree

75

(4)

Peg Lopata

Children's Tree Stories

Tree House

79

(1)

Casey Gilmartin

The Ohio Mushroom Tree

80

(1)

Meghan McKeon

The Cumberland Tree

81

(2)

Kathryn ``Kat'' Rasche

My Tree Story

83

(1)

Graham Bonner

My Tree Experience

84

(2)

Katherine Johnson

Tree Story

86

(2)

Shruti Parekh

The Fire Tree

88

(2)

Elizabeth S. Pembleton

Dead Tree

90

(1)

Michael Earley

The Giving Tree Report

91

(1)

Dustin Chambers

Seasons

92

(1)

Emily Grossniklaus

The Apple Trees

93

(2)

Robert Herrig

My Magnolia Tree

95

(4)

Maisie Richards

Trees As Companions

Cypress

99

(1)

J. P. Dancing Bear

Branches of Life

100

(2)

Marian Mills-Godfrey

The Weeping Tree

102

(2)

Kathleen Lohr

Communion

104

(1)

Michael Stephans

Mimosa

105

(2)

Jean Lengwin

My Life Long Love Affair With a Tree

107

(1)

Mary Reiter

The Magnolia Tree and Me

108

(2)

Dorothy K. Fletcher

Looking Through a Tree

110

(2)

Jenny Michelle Nadaner

Redwood Wedding

112

(1)

Robin Lopez Lysne

Pruning

113

(1)

Johanna Herrick

A Tree By the Path

114

(1)

David Ray

My Old Chestnut Tree

115

(3)

Chuck Dobbs

My Personal Old Growth

118

(3)

Marty Kraft

Decision

121

(5)

Grace Butcher

Learning from Trees

126

(5)

Grace Butcher

Trees In Memoriam

The Tree of Life

131

(5)

Warren D. Jacobs

Our Tree

136

(4)

Marion I. Howe

An Elm in the Middle of Our Street and Our Lives

140

(6)

Larry R. Granger

Chinese Elm

146

(2)

Kenneth Pobo

The Big Elm

148

(5)

Larry Johnson

Swamp Maple

153

(1)

Dorothy E. Campbell

The Father Tree

154

(4)

Scott Ramsay

Moving the Maple

158

(1)

Greg Larson

The Legend of a Tree

159

(3)

Frank Finale

Clayoquot Is In Our Backyard

162

(1)

Anneliese Schultz

Tribute to a Friend Who Died Fighting

163

(2)

Judy Hoffman

Touched By a Tree

165

(2)

Mahria Potter

The Secret of the Seed

167

(2)

Dennis Saleh

Afterword

169

(1)

Warren D. Jacobs

Contributors

170

(7)

Editors and Photographer

177

(2)

Gratitude To Trees

179

(1)

Acknowledgments

180

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