A sense of wonder

Connecting trees and dudes in vans

I spent about ten minutes staring at a tree in our neighbor’s yard on Wednesday night. It really lasted that long; I sort of fell into it. The tree is green year-round, like a shaggy cypress. I don’t know what kind of tree it is. My phone could’ve told me, but I didn’t want to ask it. It’s bushy and round and about two stories tall. It might be more tha…