Diary Of A Tree Sitter A Monologue Author:Robert Roper An irascible old man wants nothing more than to get away from friends and family and all the interferences in his life so he can do nothing but write. He finds the solution by concocting a sham protest against the logging industry. However, his real agenda is to selfishly satisfy his desire for privacy. He succeeds in his quest for quiet by h... more »aving his son-in-law build him a platform one hundred and fifty feet up on the side of a giant redwood and takes up residence in this aerie domicile for a period of 100 days. Although excluded from the world below he journeys daily in his mind through remembrances, philosophy, poetry, new discoveries about himself, and speculation about almost everything. He comes down a changed man; different than the one who wanted so desperately to be alone.« less