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The Chronicle’s Friday section contained this amazing photo:

The photographer is Jack Gescheidt. It’s worth a trip to see more photos of his TreeSpirit Project. The Chronicle article is worth a read, too, if you’re into photography, trees, or naked people: Photographer goes out on a limb for his art. (But: shame on the Chronicle copy editors for writing such a lame pun for the headline.)

The image is spectacular on its own. My initial reaction was even stronger, though, for I’d just finished reading the newspaper section’s somber cover story, Educating Californians on Lyme disease. The article introduces Bob Lane, a professor of medical entomology at UC Berkeley and a 30-year expert on tick-borne diseases. Dr. Lane concludes that “the people at greatest risk for contracting the disease were those who had direct contact with wood — including sitting against a tree or on a log.”

And the next thing my eye falls on is this poor woman.