tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post3274822180813702731..comments2023-05-22T07:19:27.418-07:00Comments on Out Of The Writer's Closet: Daily Sketches #4. The Tree from My WindowNatalia Lialinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552652475347261756noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-64157072070258959292015-08-10T13:25:38.856-07:002015-08-10T13:25:38.856-07:00So interesting that the birch tree symbolises a yo...So interesting that the birch tree symbolises a young girl in Russian folk tales. It is the same case in Croatia.<br /><br />There is one short novel by Slavko Kolar about a man Marko who marries a young slender girl everyone calls Breza (birch tree). She grows sick after the birth of their child and Marko loses interest in her. When she dies, he goes to celebrate somebody's wedding without any feeling of guilt...but in the dark while he gets back from the wedding, he sees a birch tree and thinks it is his wife. He decides to chop down the tree but when he returns there, he can't do it....He is tormeted by guilt because he hadn't been there for his wife when she needed him and now he is haunted by her ghost....it's a very sad story. Usually the students are required to read it in elementary school and it always made us all depressed:). I think this particular novel would be better suited for high school than elementary school.Ivana Splithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04908566377732204399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-76604116888573170582015-08-05T22:44:04.131-07:002015-08-05T22:44:04.131-07:00mountain ash! here its "vogelbeerbaum" -...mountain ash! here its "vogelbeerbaum" - bird berry tree! weak and soft in a wood but strong and often very old as solitaire high on the mountains. i love them too. we have a young one beside the birches at our garden border, i hope it will get big over the times. <br />hugses!!! tons of!!! xxxxbahnwärterinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02032478343344432338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-50213497300481939852015-08-05T17:28:31.454-07:002015-08-05T17:28:31.454-07:00I couldn't agree with Justin more. They are ya...I couldn't agree with Justin more. They are yard markers in life. This was such a great prompt-seemingly benign, but so much to imagine. For those of us that live in places with the four seasons, there is nothing more poetic in my humble opinion than than the annual cycle of a tree.SAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485146123969622896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-23338114879934952222015-08-04T15:51:04.009-07:002015-08-04T15:51:04.009-07:00I'm a huge Rowan fan. It's a beautiful and...I'm a huge Rowan fan. It's a beautiful and magical looking tree and sadly I can't find anywhere where I live. Used to I've been making rowan jewelry and I've always liked rowan jam:) This tree brings good memories for me. I like how you wrote about it. Birch is also one of my favorite ones and also willow:)<br />ToTylkoJahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127354467687266821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899779031397633353.post-13733017418158444232015-08-04T13:11:59.375-07:002015-08-04T13:11:59.375-07:00It's touching to me how trees that we walk, dr...It's touching to me how trees that we walk, drive and sit next to every day become a part of our lives. It would be so easy for us to just ignore them, thinking that as plants they can't be that important to us. And yet, it's clear that they are. In their own way, they contribute to our lives and we too have the chance to contribute to theirs. I'm glad we wrote about them here. They deserve the attention. Imagine our home, or even our world without trees ... scary! <br /><br />I found your characterization of the Mountain Ash very touching. I am new to them since we moved here to Puget Sound. I don't recall seeing them in not-very-mountainous Ohio. Ash trees, yes, we had two in our front yard. But no berries and not such dramatic shapes. Thank you for introducing them to me properly. :)Justin Doniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782841071458727742noreply@blogger.com