Grief and Decay
A recent tide of loss has swept me bare, taking the people closest to my heart. So many friends and family members have gone too soon. My grief now backs up like logs on a swift river— fallen, jammed, and utterly swept away.
I carry a terrible fear now, a sharp, cold dread: without the Mother Trees— those ancient, anchoring hearts of the forest, who fed the vast network below, who gifted us the mycelial bond, the very root of growth— I fear the whole forest is about to fall.
Mother Trees
Mother trees are the largest trees in forests that act as central hubs for vast below-ground mycorrhizal networks. A mother tree supports seedlings by infecting them with fungi and supplying them the nutrients they need to grow.
