Just Leave(s)
Surf's up, someone would yell; but it meant little to my ears since I wasn't a surfer. A body surfer, for sure, but not really good enough to be called that since back in the day, foam boards and "fins" were unheard of. When a wave came, you just swam, bare footed, and hoped that you would catch the wave. But more importantly, "surf's up" made me think of the late Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. Their album of the same name still had the tight harmonies the group was known for, but gone were the boppity sounds of reckless youth (I Get Around) and blossoming love (God Only Knows). This was an album about what was happening to our planet. And it was a song from that album that came to mind as I watched yet another neighbor take down his trees, baring his yard to the sun. Sang part of A Day in the Life of a Tree : For years my limbs stretched to the sky, a nest for birds to sit and sing. But now my branches ...