I don’t know how many times I’ve walked past this tree, but each time it’s just a tree. On some nights, however, when the leaves rustle quietly in the wind, and everyone has gone inside, it looms over these houses, reaching out, waiting…
James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
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James, is it possible you watched the “Wizard of Oz” just one time too many?
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
[That is a fine photo.]
Cool photo – I think one of the reasons I fell in love with Virginia is that the landscape is straight out of the Evil Dead or one of those vintage EC horror comic books.
Annie, I was thinking more Lord of the Rings, and very happy that I wasn’t mistaken for an Orc.
Mark, Thanks. I lived there as a little kid, but it seemed friendly back then. Of course, I hadn’t heard about evil trees at that point in my life.