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Forbidden to Cut Parts of the Tree

Dan Damon Dan Damon | 18:28 UK time, Monday, 3 July 2006

One of our blog commentators accuses me of not seeing the wood for the trees in our coverage of the Mexican elections.

Which is as good an excuse as I can think of to show you this picture of a 2000-year-old tree in Oaxaca, southeast Mexico.

tree_oaxaca.jpg


Two thousand! Imagine that. A reminder to all of us not to get too excited about daily news.

Because:

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing." Macbeth Act V Sc V

Comments

  • 1.
  • At 11:50 AM on 04 Jul 2006,
  • Bob Hall wrote:

Lay on, Macduff;
And damned be him that first cries, Uncle ! (With apologies, etc.)

"Brush up your Shakespeare and they'll all kowtow." (Cole Porter)

Nice tree! But then you only got a yellow not a red.

  • 2.
  • At 09:29 PM on 07 Jul 2006,
  • Bob Hall wrote:

While tree watching did anything move towards Dunsinane ?

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