This is such a simple sentence and yet so profound.

…, I’ve heard that, too,” she replied, “I care more about the roots — the story beneath the surface. People look at the trees and forget about the roots. You can find the religion I’m talking about under the earth where those roots are.”

Winter Trees Bare All Their Bones

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Aimée Brown Gramblin

Deborah Barchi

Dec 26, 2023

This is such a simple sentence and yet so profound. We do tend to forget to consider what goes on underground, the life we cannot see. I feel you have opened one of those magic windows on life with this pithy, seemingly simple sentence.