a rose by any other name

"What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
-William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1594

Remembering the spring storms

“A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.” -John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)