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Jane Anderson's avatar

Love all these contributions. Thanks Vanessa and Rona for the work you did on this.

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Vanessa Chakour's avatar

It was such a pleasure! So grateful for your contribution. Your reading is so beautiful, meditative and soothing. 💚

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Neo Geococcyx  🐦✨💘's avatar

Bonus video, for celebrating summer, from DW Docs:

"Sacred Birches of the Taiga"

In the boreal coniferous forest, where light and darkness, warmth and cold follow each other in an eternal cycle, a sacred tree watches over the inhabitants of the taiga: the birch. With its strong roots and tall crown, this special tree is a symbol of life. The northern Finnish Sami people revere it as a source of inspiration, a resource and a medicinal plant; its wood is used for heating, its bark sap as a medicinal essence and its branches for carving bows. Particularly long-lived trees are treated as oracles, and consulted on existential matters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7boHyck4Ig&list=PL-OONRHuNryJUAc22eiVEskLqc9UfeCXh

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Vanessa Chakour's avatar

Thank you! This sounds beautiful. I look forward to watching. 🌳

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