There was a tree like that on my way home from school – grotesque, misshapen, knotty – but for a month every year it was heavily laden with thousands of pink hawthorn flowers.
It is part of the great human struggle, figuring out how to interpret an ever-changing world in ways that make them feel like the center of everything.
Averagemoe 7 days ago
I see Dana still finds profoundness in the idea of things that are ugly, but also “look interesting”.
Joseph comicinthestrip 7 days ago
The last panel really speaks to me…and when I say “me,” I mean only me, no one but I, and exclusively myself.
eldeecee 7 days ago
Memories are like photographs of moments with emotional significance. I have a few of those.
codycab 7 days ago
What if Marigold met Whispy Woods from “Kirby”?
DanglingModifier 7 days ago
Sounds like that tree was a cut above the rest!
iggyman 7 days ago
There was a tree, an ugly tree, and the green grass grew all around and around and the green grass grew all around!
Dirty Dragon 7 days ago
“To h-ll with posterity, I’m planting this for me. When old Vicki came down, I couldn’t stand the empty sky… I needed something to fill it.”
eddi-TBH 7 days ago
Actually it is. But Marigold has to keep up appearances.
Calvinist1966 7 days ago
To stand out through ugliness can still be better than uniformity.
weshorse 7 days ago
At least marigold sees beauty in all things and she knows that their appearance is what makes them special.
If Phoebe was special needs or had any significant bodily defects then I am glad that she wouldn’t see her any differently.
Marigold even once described Phoebe’s freckles as magic sparkles and compared her to a unicorn.
Marigold also wouldn’t be prejudiced against anyone’s bodily looks or inner beliefs because Dana puts in all kinds of people in her books.
All races and genders have been included in Phoebe’s world at least once and they are equal to all the others.
Marigold no doubt has seen everyone and traveled everywhere in her thousands of years old life.
As for the tree, there’s probably been several other trees that have been there during that time.
Excellent memory for her if she’s remembered it among other stuff for several thousands of years
jerrica.benton333 7 days ago
Did they cut it it down and make it into a computer?
(whoever they are)
French Persons Premium Member 7 days ago
Speaking of “self involved“…
DaBump Premium Member 6 days ago
[sniff] No, not about you, at all, stubby little Phoebe! Whatever gave you that silly idea? [sniff!]
robinafox 6 days ago
There was a tree like that on my way home from school – grotesque, misshapen, knotty – but for a month every year it was heavily laden with thousands of pink hawthorn flowers.
The Wolf In Your Midst 6 days ago
It is part of the great human struggle, figuring out how to interpret an ever-changing world in ways that make them feel like the center of everything.
Decepticomic 6 days ago
That’s true, but Marigold would definitely compare Phoebe to an ugly knotty tree in different circumstances.
Kevin Parker Premium Member 6 days ago
There was a cherry tree like that in DC that the Park Service recently cut down, despite many objections.
erinurse2000 6 days ago
Narrator: It was, in fact, about Phoebe.