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I was born in a suburb of Paris and I am still very tuned in to my birth city. When Notre-Dame burned, what touched me the most was to see the old timber - nicknamed "the forest" because each beam was made from a whole tree - go up in smoke.

These oaks were cut down between 1060 and 1220 and were about 300 years old at the time. Knowing that there was a Gallo-Roman temple beneath the cathedral, that it was most-likely built on an even more ancient temple, and that it was a known practice for Romans and Catholics to cut down the sacred oak groves of France, it can be inferred that these oaks came from such a grove. I made this piece as an ode to those trees with the wish that their spirit has been set free and have returned home.
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Fowly

This is a lovely and very fitting `Ode’ to the cathedral. I was very saddened when i saw and heard the news.
I have been looking through your past posts and found some puzzles i have bookmarked... and I wondered if you could make one from `The Hunting of the Snark’ by Lewis Carol? I have the LP of it , its full fantasy, but I love it. Thank you for this poignant puzzle PalomaV. Fay.

PalomaV

Thank you!

Beautiful!

RebeccaB

Very nice sentiment, and picture.

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