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The Sierra Club has a section on its website that I would like
to emulate on the WNTS site. It is a section called "Our
Special Places"
What is a
Special Place?
http://www.sierraclub.org/specialplace/
Big majestic places, or everyday places. A place that was special when you were growing up, or just last weekend. The places that mean something to you.
Spending time in nature is always important - especially so in times of stress. As former Sierra Club president and current summer camp director Chuck McGrady has said, "Each of us has a special place that heals us, that quiets our confusion and helps us to hear our own voice again." http://www.sierraclub.org/specialplace/ourplaces/
The Sierra Club shares some special places to explore, enjoy and
protect. "Sit under a tree, look at a
brook, lake, river or ocean. Do something you enjoy. Whenever
possible, take a few minutes to look out the window at the
sunshine and the flowers. Remember that you are still free and
that there is still beauty in the world." --
from the Red Cross
A post made about the Okeefenokee Swamp by
one Member:
http://www.sierraclub.org/specialplace/yourplaces/okeefenokee2.asp
Comments By Robert Leverett, September
21, 2005
Real forest
magic seldom derives from a single feature or spot, but
how many features blend together. Despite the impact that a
single tree can have,
it's usually the gestalt built by many forms interacting
with changing
light mingled with many scents and sound, each place
with its unique
blend. I, like you, am a fan of hemlocks and
white pines, especially the
old ones. Their individualistic forms distinguish them
from the
controlled forms of plantation trees and the
non-descript feeling of
young, shrubby regrowth. I can't imagine the New England
forests without at least pockets of mature hemlocks and
white pines. Old growth forests affect us on many
levels. The late Dr. Michael
Perlman ("The Power of Trees") recognized
their appeal to our need for
freedom and our need to retain ties to our collective
past. Even though
all of us acknowledge that all forests change with time,
retaining a
part of the landscape that stays relatively unchanged at
the landscape
level and on human-scaled time.
This section is
dedicated to sites special to WNTS members. Please write about
any places that are special to you. This is meant to be a
section for places that elicit special feelings, emotions, and memories rather than
cold descriptions.
Ed Frank
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