”Be sure to get my nose. I’m very proud of it,” the troll elder said. Her very prominent nose is a resonant device by which she travels and transforms matter for her inner earth community.

It’s been my joy to have met a number of communicative trolls who have taught me a bit about their world and let me peak in. Shown here is one of my favorites. She lives at Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, by the side of an auto road through the arboretum. The two of us enjoy greeting each other and occasionally having a longer talk. It is she who explained to me how trolls use their large noses as sonic devices to travel through solid earth.

Troll and His Dinner

In fact, Morton Arboretum likes trolls so much – they did a several year sculptural exhibit of them! To the right is a huge Troll who just captured his dinner (my son!).

Trolls get a bad rap in American culture. They are actually wonderful friendly thoughtful a bit somber and wise in the ways of the inner earth. They don’t brook well with fools and rednecks who feel humans are the greatest thing going in this universe. Hence their reputation among some as grouchy and territorial.

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