Elizabeth’s Reviews > The Overstory > Status Update

Do not take from the trees if you do not make something better. Wiping out the trees and planting new seeds is like wiping out the stem cells and planting new ones. You hope and pray the new ones are better than the old ones.

The Ouija planchette is used to produce mystical drawings during a senance like the silence world of the ancient forest. Olivia's death marks the loss of spiritual connectiveness to trees. Funny Uncle Colly calls about his diodora cedar that was struck by lightning. Neelay loves to virtually walk however there is a Midas problem.

The Tree of Life will fall, cooapse into stump. In Eden, Adam and Eve chose the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil instead of the Tree of Life. Ray Olivia, and Doug are gone, now there are 6. Neelay who lives in an imaginary world with Lord Vishnu, the protector, and the Fig Tree which is worshiped. Four are arsonists and then there is Dorothy.

The environment may collaspe into consumer electronics. Needles and bark are a fire hazard and necessary for healthy forests. If you remove them the trees may die, then the woodpeckers are gone that kill insects. Insects may kill everything. The woodland pharmacy breathes compounds that are necesssary for our health. Herbicides kill necessary understory plants,

Dead trees have birds, small mammals and insects. Trees set alarms to other trees. The understory is required for regeneratation.

Beech, Holm Oak (ecinas), Lindens, Queensland Bottle Tree and Banyan come to mean so much more as each person transforms into a tree hugger. Ray will connect with Adam over intellectual property. Neeley will connect with Ray over copyright infringements. Family trees are made by Patty.

The trees talk to the ppl who listen. The chestnut represents the Hoel family, war, and a personal tragedy that leads to environmental activism. Luohan & the mulberry tree has power to protect Mimi in the future. The maple tree with helicopter seeds represents Adam who swill spread far from home to take root.