RIDING THE TRAIN ~ SAVING THE TREES

IT’S ABOUT THE JOURNEY…

I RODE THE TRAIN TODAY – NOT JUST ANY TRAIN, IT IS THE WORLD FAMOUS “SKUNK TRAIN” THROUGH ANCIENT REDWOOD FORESTS, AND AN ALMOST UNTOUCHED WATERSHED THAT BIRTHS the WILD SALMON for california’s MENDOCINO PACIFIC COAST.

IMAGINE this journey with me….

Close your eyes & take a window seat on a Vintage Rail Cruiser as we journey on one of the most scenic railroads in North America – the Skunk Train. Let’s journey back in time into one of the last temperate rain forests. We ride deep into the headwaters of the Noyo River Canyon & watershed. We stop to pray and ask for forgiveness from the Old Growth Redwoods that have been saved from the logger’s ax over & over in the last 100 years. The story of these trees is phenomenal, and transcends time. Some of them are 1500 years old. Some of them may be felled this next season.

Now open your eyes and look around you – your own beloved trees, your own beloved watershed and hometown with its potential developments & progress. What do you want for your own local community? What will you pray for? Work for?

~everywhere – The TREES ARE IN DANGER OF BEING CUT FOR LUMBER. THE SALMON ARE IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION. IT SEEMS THAT so many lives HANG ON The THREAD OF BELIEF, ON THE THREAD OF LOVE, ON THE THREADS OF RELATIONSHIP THAT WE create TOGETHER ON THIS FRAGILE PLANET WE CALL HOME.

I invite us all to dream together as the deepening dark draws us inward, as the bear begins her hibernation. let us dream of a nation united – a nation united by bands of steel & friendship, a nation we create in our hearts, a nation of one people. May we imagine our lives & the world as we want it to be – fir me – that is a future filled with beauty and peace, voices speaking & singing truth. May we blend our voices and speak for the biggest dream that we imagine – let’s sing the chorus of life – creating the future we dream by our speaking, our telling, our stories, our every action.

blessed bee,

annie Brigit waters

Ride The Train Again!!!

Arriving into DC on the TRAIN, Obama reminds me of the old time train rides of many Presidents and campaigners…it gives us hope – not only for the needs of our nation in so many ways – but, also – hope that the trains will again be on the agenda as a viable transportation option for all of us!! We certainly need daily commuter trains to run again here in Calif as they do back East. I am grateful for the SMART intiative, and High Speed trains coming on track…how fast can we get them built – and how can we each best support these projects? (imagine arriving in LA from SF in only 3 hours from an uncrowded platform near several common residential areas)

Oh, yes – here’s a thought – the sum spent on the 700 Billion Bailout would have developed 2 Cross Country High Speed Trains going East-West and numerous North South routes as well! Everyone would have benefitted from this expenditure, not just the wealthy Takers, I mean – Bankers.

Photo courtesy of this website article- http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/01/18-0