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When is a Stump not a Stump?

Have you heard of forest bathing? It’s a new-to-me type of therapy in the world of wellness where you cleanse your mind and spirit—among the trees. I’m for that. I’ve always been drawn to the woods and, growing up, we played in them almost daily. It was the seventies, though, and we didn’t know we were ahead of our time--we were just having fun.  On hot, summer days we’d ride our bikes up and into the tall pines; the air was 20 degrees cooler under the canopy. There was no doorway, but it felt as if we’d entered a different world. We raced along the dirt trails, played hide-and-go-seek, and scared ourselves. We checked for evidence of a recent party where our older brothers and sisters sometimes gathered around a campfire to sneak a smoke and pass a bottle of Boone’s Farm.  Years ago, before the land was clear-cut for a housing development, I took one last walk. The paths were faint and overgrown; the trees had thinned out. What seemed so vast and mysterious to me as a child ...