Awoke to the windiest morning in years. That was five hours ago – and it’s still blowing.

There are at least twenty trees outside my window and I have been watching them sway back and forth, amazed at how rooted they are, because some of these gusts are incredible.

The only time I experienced anything like this was on a boat, and I remember feeling similarly about the power of the ocean.

Boats and trees, and how the boat I was on was made of such trees.