Re: Mud Tunnel Aspens = YGGDRASIL ... 
| November 25, 2012 07:27PM |
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Actually, Rich -
I have just been watching a Teaching Company video about the Vikings, and one of the
central ideas of their belief - if I'm understanding it correctly (always somewhat doubtful) -
is that the Whirled is tied together under the branches and by the roots of the Great Tree
of Life: Yggdrasil. So, in spite of the narrow-minded pursuit of re-creating the glory days
(or at least the waning days) of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad that obsesses
some of us, we should be more aware of the environment in which the D&RG(W) grew and
withered, and give Mother Nature full reign to do as She pleases - trees, weeds and all ... *
- Rüssell der Verüchter
* Not that we have a really big choice in the matter - as clearly evidenced by Hurricane Katrina a few years ago, and Super-Storm Sandy just last month ...
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/25/2012 07:59PM by Russo Loco.
I have just been watching a Teaching Company video about the Vikings, and one of the
central ideas of their belief - if I'm understanding it correctly (always somewhat doubtful) -
is that the Whirled is tied together under the branches and by the roots of the Great Tree
of Life: Yggdrasil. So, in spite of the narrow-minded pursuit of re-creating the glory days
(or at least the waning days) of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad that obsesses
some of us, we should be more aware of the environment in which the D&RG(W) grew and
withered, and give Mother Nature full reign to do as She pleases - trees, weeds and all ... *
- Rüssell der Verüchter
* Not that we have a really big choice in the matter - as clearly evidenced by Hurricane Katrina a few years ago, and Super-Storm Sandy just last month ...
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/25/2012 07:59PM by Russo Loco.
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