This is a story about ruth weiss and her Guardian Trees in Albion. ruth gained fame as a Beat poet and preferred her name to be written in lower case. We honor that preference here. In addition to publishing volumes of poetry, haiku, and long narrative poems including The Brink and Desert Journal, ruth was well known for her friendships with other famous Beats...
ruth came to Albion in the 1980s, purchasing a home in the forest off Albion Ridge Road. The buildings there are in keeping with ruth’s style - artistic and rustic - but what she really loved about the property was the trees. There are a few old-growth redwoods on the property, but ruth felt akin to all the trees, especially those near her house. Her good friend Anna Marie Stenberg recounts a story ruth often told about the first night she spent in the house. ruth had a dream or a vision...
