The Joshua Tree (a thread).
1519 - A Joshua tree seedling begins to grow...
1519 - Cortés and the conquistadores land in Mexico.
1520 - The Ottoman Empire is at its zenith. The Mughal Empire begins its reign.
1531 - Henry VIII becomes head of the Church of England. 1/
1519 - A Joshua tree seedling begins to grow...
1519 - Cortés and the conquistadores land in Mexico.
1520 - The Ottoman Empire is at its zenith. The Mughal Empire begins its reign.
1531 - Henry VIII becomes head of the Church of England. 1/
1543 - Copernicus publishes his theory that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
1564 - Shakespeare is baptized.
1633 - Galileo Galilei arrives for trial before the Inquisition.
1658 - The Taj Mahal is completed.
1659 - The Joshua tree is now 30 feet tall. 2/
1564 - Shakespeare is baptized.
1633 - Galileo Galilei arrives for trial before the Inquisition.
1658 - The Taj Mahal is completed.
1659 - The Joshua tree is now 30 feet tall. 2/
1676 - Russia goes to war with the Ottoman Empire.
1687 - Isaac Newton publishes “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.”
1740 - The Irish Famine begins.
1776 - The U.S. Declaration of Independence.
1780 - In the summer a family of birds nests in the Joshua tree. 3/
1687 - Isaac Newton publishes “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.”
1740 - The Irish Famine begins.
1776 - The U.S. Declaration of Independence.
1780 - In the summer a family of birds nests in the Joshua tree. 3/
1789 - The French Revolution begins.
1796 - The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty begins.
1802 - Ludwig van Beethoven first performs his “Moonlight Sonata.”
1804 - Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1806 - The Joshua tree almost dies in a fire. 4/
1796 - The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty begins.
1802 - Ludwig van Beethoven first performs his “Moonlight Sonata.”
1804 - Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1806 - The Joshua tree almost dies in a fire. 4/
1810 - The trumpet gets valves.
1812–1815- War of 1812 between the United States and Britain.
1818 - Mary Shelley publishes “Frankenstein.”
1819 - The city of Singapore is established by the British East India Company.
1830 - The Joshua tree’s flowers bloom in the night. 5/
1812–1815- War of 1812 between the United States and Britain.
1818 - Mary Shelley publishes “Frankenstein.”
1819 - The city of Singapore is established by the British East India Company.
1830 - The Joshua tree’s flowers bloom in the night. 5/
1863 - President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.
1863 - Formation of the International Red Cross.
1912 - RMS Titanic sinks.
1913 - Niels Bohr formulates the first cohesive model of the atomic nucleus.
1914 - Yucca moths pollinate the Joshua tree’s flowers. 6/
1863 - Formation of the International Red Cross.
1912 - RMS Titanic sinks.
1913 - Niels Bohr formulates the first cohesive model of the atomic nucleus.
1914 - Yucca moths pollinate the Joshua tree’s flowers. 6/
1914 - Gavrilo Princip assassinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, triggering the start of World War I.
1929 - Wall Street crashes, the Great Depression begins.
1939 - World War II begins.
1940 - A family of desert mice seeks shelter beneath the Joshua tree. 7/
1929 - Wall Street crashes, the Great Depression begins.
1939 - World War II begins.
1940 - A family of desert mice seeks shelter beneath the Joshua tree. 7/
1941 - The Holocaust begins.
1944 - D-Day landings in Normandy.
1963 - MLK gives his “I Have A Dream” speech. JFK is assassinated.
1968 - MLK and RFK assassinated.
1969 - First manned mission to the Moon. Woodstock.
1970 - The Joshua tree is now almost fifty feet tall. 8/
1944 - D-Day landings in Normandy.
1963 - MLK gives his “I Have A Dream” speech. JFK is assassinated.
1968 - MLK and RFK assassinated.
1969 - First manned mission to the Moon. Woodstock.
1970 - The Joshua tree is now almost fifty feet tall. 8/
1972 - Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland.
1979 - Smallpox eradicated.
1980 - Sayed Tabatabai is born (let’s face it, nobody is reading all these).
1984 - HIV is identified as the cause of AIDS.
1985 - Tourists take photographs of the Joshua tree, and one takes a flower. 9/
1979 - Smallpox eradicated.
1980 - Sayed Tabatabai is born (let’s face it, nobody is reading all these).
1984 - HIV is identified as the cause of AIDS.
1985 - Tourists take photographs of the Joshua tree, and one takes a flower. 9/
1986 - Challenger and Chernobyl disasters.
1989 - Fall of the Berlin Wall.
1989-1990 - Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.
2001 - September 11 terrorist attacks kill 2,996 and injure over 6000.
2006 - The roots of the Joshua tree are now 35 feet deep. 10/
1989 - Fall of the Berlin Wall.
1989-1990 - Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.
2001 - September 11 terrorist attacks kill 2,996 and injure over 6000.
2006 - The roots of the Joshua tree are now 35 feet deep. 10/
2008 - Stock markets plunge around the world.
2009 - On January 20th, Barack Obama is inaugurated and becomes the first African American president.
2011 - A 9.0 earthquake in Japan causes the Fukushima disaster.
2018 - The Joshua tree’s flowers bloom for the last time. 11/
2009 - On January 20th, Barack Obama is inaugurated and becomes the first African American president.
2011 - A 9.0 earthquake in Japan causes the Fukushima disaster.
2018 - The Joshua tree’s flowers bloom for the last time. 11/
2019 - Someone illegally cuts down the Joshua tree in its protected home.
It is severed from the roots that have nourished it for five centuries.
Its death comes without fanfare.
To those who have cut it down, it is just another tree.
But inside it, centuries are stilled...
It is severed from the roots that have nourished it for five centuries.
Its death comes without fanfare.
To those who have cut it down, it is just another tree.
But inside it, centuries are stilled...
