Comments on: A Frail Little Maple http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2008/10/a-frail-little-maple/ Nourishment and inspiration for those who love the Earth Fri, 18 May 2012 22:06:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Judy http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2008/10/a-frail-little-maple/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Judy Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:44:32 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=175#comment-503 April, that is a lovely, delicate, exquisite piece, just like you. Your senses are so finely tuned. I now know that you made the right decision to move back home to Virginia. Love from Judy April, that is a lovely, delicate, exquisite piece, just like you. Your senses are so finely tuned. I now know that you made the right decision to move back home to Virginia.

Love from Judy

]]> By: Jim Z. http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2008/10/a-frail-little-maple/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Jim Z. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:45:19 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=175#comment-502 Your contemplation reminded me of the late, great Micky Newbury's song, entitled "Wish I Was " in which he contrasts the flexibility of a willow tree with the rock-hard yet fragile oak tree: <blockquote> Oh I wish I was a willow tree Leanin' on a lazy breeze Movin' like a midnight train Through rainy Georgia Wish I was a grain of sand Playin' in a babys hands Fallin' like a diamond chain Into the ocean Oh a willow tree is strong enough to bend Never like the oak that lives in fear of the wind A grain of sand is all I ever wanted to be Lay me down let the water Wash right over me wash over me Oh I wish I was an old guitar Sittin' in a beat-up car Hittin' every two-bit bar From here to Texas Then I wouldn't be ashamed To look up my old friends And they would be so proud To see me strung up again Oh a grain of sand Is all I ever wanted to be Lay me down and let the water Wash over me wash over me Nobody wants you When you're down and out Nobody wants to know your name You're just another face Lost in the crowded street In the crowded street Oh I wish I was a willow tree Leanin' on a lazy breeze Movin' like a midnight train Through rainy Georgia A willow tree is strong enough to bend Never like the oak that lives in fear of the wind A grain of sand is all I ever wanted to be Lay me down let the water Wash right over me wash over me Wash over me Wash over me Wash over me Wash over me</blockquote> Your contemplation reminded me of the late, great Micky Newbury’s song, entitled “Wish I Was ” in which he contrasts the flexibility of a willow tree with the rock-hard yet fragile oak tree:

Oh I wish I was a willow tree
Leanin’ on a lazy breeze
Movin’ like a midnight train
Through rainy Georgia

Wish I was a grain of sand
Playin’ in a babys hands
Fallin’ like a diamond chain
Into the ocean

Oh a willow tree is strong enough to bend
Never like the oak that lives in fear of the wind
A grain of sand is all I ever wanted to be
Lay me down let the water
Wash right over me wash over me

Oh I wish I was an old guitar
Sittin’ in a beat-up car
Hittin’ every two-bit bar
From here to Texas

Then I wouldn’t be ashamed
To look up my old friends
And they would be so proud
To see me strung up again

Oh a grain of sand
Is all I ever wanted to be
Lay me down and let the water
Wash over me wash over me

Nobody wants you
When you’re down and out
Nobody wants to know your name

You’re just another face
Lost in the crowded street
In the crowded street

Oh I wish I was a willow tree
Leanin’ on a lazy breeze
Movin’ like a midnight train
Through rainy Georgia

A willow tree is strong enough to bend
Never like the oak that lives in fear of the wind
A grain of sand is all I ever wanted to be
Lay me down let the water
Wash right over me wash over me

Wash over me
Wash over me
Wash over me
Wash over me

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