Today at UCSC the long planned and litigated felling of several redwoods began, to make way for a new building.
Even a non-treehugger can not avoid feeling some silent emotion to see a majestic tree humbled by man. We sang about redwood forests in Kindergarden, in a simpler, more optimistism era. But it would take 40 more years before I actually saw one, and even longer to come to appreciate the the tree, the land, the mist and the climate and a special relationship among them all.
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There seem to be a growing number of bicycles outfilled with gasoline-powered engines in Santa Cruz. Half bicycle, half motorized vehicle and 100% noise and pollution - can Santa Cruz ban these things pronto? They don't belong here or anywhere.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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