Ph: Oklahoma: Trees Please Comments

favorite lines: It wasn’t so much you were closer to heaven But height does bring safety from those on the ground. trees were my friends also, but not to get away from things. i sought out birds' nests, a closeness to the wind, and a perch from which i could look down at the world. of course i came down for meals. once i came down when i wasn't even trying to come down. atop a relatively tall spruce? for a boy of about 12? , i was enjoying my ride at the trees tippy top', the wind adding to the angle at which the top bent towards Earth, when suddenly the top snapped off completely, with me still firmly attached to it! down i went, falling, still clinging to the tree, and i landed on my back, luckily on a flat, relatively soft patch of ground. after recovering my breath, i noticed the jagged pieces of cinder blocks probably brought into the woods by other kids from a nearby building site. they were within a few feet of my ‘landing pad’. it was an exhilarating ride, before and after the tree's top broke off. and more than 50 years after I used to sit in a roadside maple tree, watching passing cars etc., I returned to the tree and hauled myself (somehow) into it for one last look. what fun, as Brian Johnston would probably say. :) bri