NPPF - Incest theme

[Paul Mackin]

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 09:38, Jasper Fidget wrote:
> > From: Elainemmbell at aol.com [mailto:Elainemmbell at aol.com]
> > 
> > In a message dated 7/15/2003 10:05:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > jasper at hatguild.org writes:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 	"L'if, lifeless tree! Your great Maybe, Rabelais:" (PF: 52)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Taxus baccata and Taxus brevifolia are members of the yew family
> > (Taxaceae). T. baccata is commonly known as the English yew; it's native
> > to (you guessed it) England, but has been introduced to some parts of
> > Northeastern U.S. (mainly Vermont). --from Cyberbotanica
> > 
> > lines 507-510:  You and I,/And she, then a mere tot, moved from New Wye/To
> > Yewshade, in another, higher state./I love great mountains...
> > 
> > So Yewshade is probably in Vermont.  The Yew (L'if) also rather blatantly
> > puns on puns on "You, Shade" and may have connotative significance because
> > of yews highly toxic/highly curative herbal powers.  (another mirror)
> > Although research was already well advanced regarding yew's pharmaceutical
> > wonders in the early 60's, it's probably not that research that N would
> > have been aware of so much as the ancient uses of yew--capable of killing
> > or saving life, depending on how it was used.
> > 
> > at all yewsful?
> > 
> > Elaine M.M. Bell, Writer
> > (860) 523-9225
> 
> 
> And this from Eliot's "Ash Wednesday":
> 
> The silent sister veiled in white and blue 
> Between the yews, behind the garden god, 
> Whose flute is breathless, bent her head and signed but spoke no word 
> 
> But the fountain sprang up and the bird sang down 
> Redeem the time, redeem the dream 
> The token of the word unheard, unspoken 
> 
> Till the wind shake a thousand whispers from the yew 
> 
> And after this our exile
> 
> http://www.pmms.cam.ac.uk/~gjm11/poems/ashwed.html
> 
> ajaKasper
> 

Being Kinbotean about it, I can't help mentioning that Yew shrubs and
hedges are quite common in the District of Columbia. Several spectacular
specimens can be seen from the computer room window. Didn't know they
were toxic. None of our pets has shown any ill effects from chewing
them.

P.