As a follow up, Butterfly called her tree - "Luna." Not long after she came down from "Luna" someone made some serious cuts on "Luna" and almost killed the tree. I'm surprised no one called this a "hate" crime. (Yipes! I might give these tree huggers some ideas.)
As a follow up, Butterfly called her tree - "Luna." Not long after she came down from "Luna" someone made some serious cuts on "Luna" and almost killed the tree. I'm surprised no one called this a "hate" crime. (Yipes! I might give these tree huggers some ideas.)
Too late! They've been using that absurd canard since a few days after the incident. Check this quote from the official Julia Butterfly No-Life Professional Agitator Hill website, located at: http://www.circleoflifefoundation.org/lunanews/
What You Can Do for Luna FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2000 Thank you for all of the prayers and concern that you have shown for Luna. Many people have expressed a desire to make a pilgrimage to Luna. She is extremely vulnerable and we are concerned about any unnecessary pressure to her root system. The grove surrounding Luna is also a crime site and as you can imagine we don't want to inadvertently destroy any evidence about the perpetrators of this hate crime. Julia suggests that anyone who wants to visit Luna plant a tree in honor of what Luna symbolizes: perseverance, strength and healing. Read more.
I'll never forget when someone carved up the trunk of "Luna" the news cameras awaited the arrival of Julia "Butterbrain" Hill, who didn't disappoint. She looked at the fresh cuts and collapsed as if she had lost a child in a car accident.
It killed me, because year after year, people whose homes are destroyed by hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, etc. walk through the ruins of their former homes, and while they sometimes have tears in their eyes, above all they are thankful -- often, to God -- that all they lost were material things, and their loved ones came through all right.