Comments on: Tu B’Shevat – New Year of the Trees http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/ Your house shall not be an anchor but a mast - Khalil Gibran Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tess http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-1524 Tess Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:13:56 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/#comment-1524 Aw, such nice comments. Sue, I never did get into Six Feet Under. Maybe I should rent the DVDs. Sunrise, this sounds like a very beautiful memorial. I'd never heard the expression "cremains", so I learned a new word today. Aw, such nice comments.
Sue, I never did get into Six Feet Under. Maybe I should rent the DVDs.
Sunrise, this sounds like a very beautiful memorial. I’d never heard the expression “cremains”, so I learned a new word today.

]]> By: Sunrise Sister http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 Sunrise Sister Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:12:42 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/#comment-1522 Hi Tess, As far as being slipped underground in a woodland somewhere......when my husband's father died, his body was cremated, and then poured into the earth of his church's columbarium/memorial garden. When his mother died, we went through the same ritual, placing her cremains in a freshly dug hole quite near that of her husband. I had not been part of such a "dust to dust" burial before and it was quite meaningful to me and to the family. My husband, as eldest child, although any of us could have done it - did the pouring. I might say that his mother's traditional upbringing (caskets, viewing, etc.) had a hard time with the "dust to dust" and did not actually come outside for the pouring of her husband's ashes. We were sorry she did not, but it still seemed an appropriate memorial for them both to all of us children. Sooooo, maybe a hole under a tree is NOT such a long shot idea:) Hi Tess, As far as being slipped underground in a woodland somewhere……when my husband’s father died, his body was cremated, and then poured into the earth of his church’s columbarium/memorial garden. When his mother died, we went through the same ritual, placing her cremains in a freshly dug hole quite near that of her husband. I had not been part of such a “dust to dust” burial before and it was quite meaningful to me and to the family. My husband, as eldest child, although any of us could have done it – did the pouring.

I might say that his mother’s traditional upbringing (caskets, viewing, etc.) had a hard time with the “dust to dust” and did not actually come outside for the pouring of her husband’s ashes. We were sorry she did not, but it still seemed an appropriate memorial for them both to all of us children.

Sooooo, maybe a hole under a tree is NOT such a long shot idea:)

]]> By: yolanda http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 yolanda Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:44:43 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/#comment-1513 Such a good Idea.I love it. Such a good Idea.I love it.

]]> By: Sue http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 Sue Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:12:48 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/#comment-1504 Yes, I'd like to be slipped underground as well. Just me and the earth. There's a Six Feet Under episode about that, but I can't say anything cos maybe Lucy hasn't got that far yet :) Yes, I’d like to be slipped underground as well. Just me and the earth. There’s a Six Feet Under episode about that, but I can’t say anything cos maybe Lucy hasn’t got that far yet :)

]]> By: lucy http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 lucy Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:20:38 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/#comment-1501 "I think that I shall never see/ A poem lovely as a tree" -- Joyce Kilmer i am with elaine. i learn so much from you!!! “I think that I shall never see/ A poem lovely as a tree” — Joyce Kilmer

i am with elaine. i learn so much from you!!!

]]> By: Elaine http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 Elaine Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:22:55 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/#comment-1500 Lovely. Thank you for this new-to-me Jewish tradition and for sharing your own story of how you will observed it. I learn so much from you, Tess. Lovely. Thank you for this new-to-me Jewish tradition and for sharing your own story of how you will observed it.

I learn so much from you, Tess.

]]> By: Tess http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 Tess Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:35:08 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/#comment-1498 Hey Sue, rave on! And yes, pomegranate juice is definitely yummy. Jules, yes, that's what I think. If possible, I'd just like to be slipped underground in woodland somewhere so I can feed the trees. There are probably rules against it though! Hey Sue, rave on! And yes, pomegranate juice is definitely yummy.
Jules, yes, that’s what I think. If possible, I’d just like to be slipped underground in woodland somewhere so I can feed the trees. There are probably rules against it though!

]]> By: HeyJules http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 HeyJules Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:22:48 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/#comment-1497 What a beautiful way to pay tribute to your mom, Tess. I've always hoped someone will do something like this at my death. I don't want a big headstone or grave marker...just plant a couple of trees to complete the cycle of life. What a beautiful way to pay tribute to your mom, Tess. I’ve always hoped someone will do something like this at my death. I don’t want a big headstone or grave marker…just plant a couple of trees to complete the cycle of life.

]]> By: Sue http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-1496 Sue Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:02:29 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/01/22/tu-bshevat-new-year-of-the-trees/#comment-1496 I drank pomegranate juice for the first time yesterday. It was really yummy. Hooray for the trees. I'm glad they get their own birthday. I love them so - thank you, trees. All of you. Especially you, cedars. I can see why God wanted you to line the temple because by jove, by george, by golly, you are one of the bestest smells ever. (Gee, I'm raving. Sorry :) I drank pomegranate juice for the first time yesterday. It was really yummy.

Hooray for the trees. I’m glad they get their own birthday. I love them so – thank you, trees. All of you. Especially you, cedars. I can see why God wanted you to line the temple because by jove, by george, by golly, you are one of the bestest smells ever.

(Gee, I’m raving. Sorry :)

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