I Turn People into Trees Walt Patrick On 3/3/21 at 12:01 PM EST
We were gathered on a chilly overcast December day to start him on his journey back to the forest. He had loved Washington s rainforest and the kaleidoscope of life it produced. And now, rather than be locked away in a standard burial vault, his remains were about to be reduced and returned to nurture the forest.
My father was a naval officer, so my early life involved a lot of moving. By the time I d graduated from college, I d attended sixteen schools and had traveled a lot. But when I came to the Herland Forest in 1987, I knew I d found my forever home.