tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post3377653912136071857..comments2010-01-07T22:51:50.708-06:00Jim Heffernanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388986747065569089noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-68970631109254790622010-01-07T22:51:50.708-06:002010-01-07T22:51:50.708-06:00What about the hundreds of trees that were cut down to make way for the motorway?Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-52385300423425700772009-05-03T23:54:00.000-05:002009-05-03T23:54:00.000-05:00David:<br />Do I detect, "We are making too much of this tree" in your comment? Still... the "pem" chant sounds like a rather fun tradition.Jim Heffernanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388986747065569089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-76507017965159431782009-05-03T15:58:00.000-05:002009-05-03T15:58:00.000-05:00Children adopt such traditions with amazing facility. Mine, as we started up the south slope of Thompson Hill and approached Midway Road, would look at the Nopeming road sign and quietly begin to chant, “Pem, pem, pem….” I’m told the sign is no longer there.David Lee Shorthttp://davidleeshort.com/wordpress/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-36211400218483310382009-05-03T14:02:00.000-05:002009-05-03T14:02:00.000-05:00KarligMor:<br />Thanks for sharing your perspectives about the "Honking Tree." Wonderful traditions like this tree help keep us all connected; this seems especially important for children who need hope and tradition in their young lives. So sad....Jim Heffernanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388986747065569089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-67489068596997723832009-05-01T23:31:00.000-05:002009-05-01T23:31:00.000-05:00No matter where I lived, no matter where I travelled, the Honking Tree always meant "Welcome Home" to me. I am not a Two Harbors resident or native; I live in Silver Bay. But I've always loved that tree, ever since I was a very young child and lived up by the Caribou. I remember when I was in high school and someone had spray painted "SB" on it. I remember seeing "TH" spray painted on its trunk more than once and in different ways. <br /><br />I loved how you could see that tree from quite a distance; something like three miles away. If you knew what to look for and where, you could just make out the top of it amid all the other trees.<br /><br />I am happy that my kids were able to see the Honking Tree and are old enough to have some appreciation for something so magnificent. I am sad for a lot of different reasons, but maybe especially for the young children and the generations to come who will only ever be able to hear stories about the great tree and not see it for themselves.KaerligMorhttp://www.kaerligmor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-46228203524340761522009-04-30T20:59:00.000-05:002009-04-30T20:59:00.000-05:00Anonymous: <br />I agree. This act is not a frivolous act. It's a serious act of violence and to something pure and beautiful in nature and to all of us who recognized it's value.. I've heard from some who think..."it's just a tree... move on." But I say, if everyone did such acts, where then is civility?Jim Heffernanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388986747065569089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-16914039064469605222009-04-30T19:25:00.000-05:002009-04-30T19:25:00.000-05:00i hope who ever did this pays that was so wrong i cant even count how many that tree has been there forever it was a symbol of peace in Two Harbors i hope they go to "tree jail" they deserve that at leastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com