someone(hearnault) explain the destruction in isengard(Sp) to me...

Trees are pretty cool....I like trees...

Yep, I think that if I was a Tolkien character, I would want to be Yavanna. What's your favorite tree, Arwen? I love maple, ponderosa pine, and redwood trees, among others.

You already are a Tolkien character!

LOL LOL again

In central and northern PA there are old stands of Norway Spruce, originally laid out in long rows as a tree farm, but later sold and fogotten, and grown to maturity without intervention. To go there now is to be deafened by silence. The trees are perfectly straight, their lower limbs thin and broken, revealing angled perspective and fading distance, and the scent of pine permeates the air like you're breathing an odd nectar of bark-flavored sugar. The most natural temple, this stand of nature, a cathedral with time-wrought pillars which renders absolution and confession in the blink of an eye. Turf and fern underfoot soft as a bed, distant rustle of squirrel and call of bird. Some might even call it stuffy since it's so quiet.

Hernalt, you get going right now and write that book! We're getting very impatient with you. By the way, ppl, I've been thinking of changing my name, since I ran into some other Elanors in various places....

It's fine. You're the first Elanor on ezboard anyway You might want to attach a number to it or something for other types of boards, though, if it's taken...

Wow hernalt, just wow. Ah, the wonder of a semi-normal thread!