12/28 -

I put in earplugs at 5 this morning, hoping to block out the sound of the machines and sleep a little longer, I am exhausted.  I feel it start at 7.  I don’t hear them, but I feel the energy of what is happening once again, and know the killing of the trees is continuing.  I pray for them, and know I can’t go down there today.

Losing the trees yesterday all along the path I used to walk has put me over the top and I cannot sustain this daily witnessing of their deaths.  Those were trees I knew so well, old friends of many, many seasons.  They are gone and I need a break from the relentless plunder.  I will pray for them, and I will go get some tea with my friend.  It is all I can do today, it is enough.