A still from the future film:

Mr. Charlie and His Million Trees

Mr. Charlie reciting “The Guitarist Tunes Up,” by Frances Darwin Cornford

Here is a still from the future film: Charlie reciting a love poem on his land (See text below). Thank you thank you, merci, everyone who joined the GoFundMe “Saving Mr. Charlie’s Trees,” this week, everyone who is sharing the information on social media and in emails! The most important thing is getting the story out there to make its own connections! Transportation, accommodations, videographer and equipment have been reserved for the filming in Georgia in August. Send us good vibes for the weather (hurricane season!) and the airlines…. We have more than 1/4 of the goal! More updates to come. It’s happening

The Guitarist Tunes Up

With what attentive courtesy he bent

Over his instrument;

Not as a lordly conquerer who could

Command both wire and wood,

But as a man with a loved woman might,

Inquiring with delight

What slight essential things she had to say

Before they started, he and she, to play.

(By Frances Darwin Cornford, granddaughter of naturalist Charles Darwin).

Saving Mr. Charlie's Trees, organized by Aliss Terrell

Originally published at http://thankyouparis.wordpress.com on July 26, 2022.