Neat!
Anyone remember the American Chestnut article in the National
Geographic in the mid 1990s? It had picture in it from the smokies
that looked a lot like that snag (except it was summer)
On Jan 8, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Miles, Dan wrote:
Rampick is Norse (I think…the term was shared by my brother, who
studied dead languages.) for snag. The Norse were among the ancient
Europeans who worshipped great trees. I think the word sounds
appropriately reverent for these rare historic relics, the ghosts of
American chestnut trees long dead. Go have a look. We are the last
generation to see what remains of the ancient ones, until a cure
comes, and a few centuries pass.
Dan Miles
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