OLive born 600 Years Ago

The Ancient Olive, whose gnarled trunk and branches have become quite silvery and are covered with soft moss in many places, is living here for around 600 years.

Grandma: Can you imagine being that old? And to have experienced what has happened over the years? We have the chance to get an idea from this wonderful tree friend what does it mean to live during so many centuries!

Linda: If Olive is 600 years old, then she's been living here since....1423!!! Doc Krikkety: Maybe some olives of her family were on the ship, Columbus was discovered in 1491 by Native Americans when he was lost at sea? Jiminy: Hahaa, brilliant! Great idea, Krikk! Linda: And BLUENOSE was born in 1921 when Olive was 500 years old.

Grandma: How different everything feels when we look at these many centuries one after the other and see that Olive lived here in 1923 and 1823 and 1723 and 1623 and 1523 and 1493. So much has happened! I guess Doc Krikkety will be leafing through a lot of books now.

Mercanta: Some of these centuries make me think of the women who were persecuted all over the world because they could heal. These women were probably also persecuted here for many centuries. I see them coming to Olive and sharing their despair with her.

Mercanta: These wise women were condemned in the most terrible ways because they had learned from Mother Earth's medicine and could heal. They were persecuted, tortured and burned for more than 400 years. More than a million women and girls and, of course, men and boys.

Kwikkeneezy: The persecution of women is happening still on many levels and in many countries. In Afghanistan, for example.

Emerald: I discovered a book that describes in just 70 pages the background to the successful oppression of women worldwide and how it could come about in the first place, which is still being done every day worldwide. It is unbelievable what has been propagated about women and is still being propagated today as a matter of course. It would open countless doors if this book could be on the curriculum of every school, worldwide. Barbara Ehrenreich + Deidre English «Witches, Midwives, and Nurses»