Living in the Trees

I've always sort of fancied the notion of living in trees, like Lothlorien in Lord of the Rings or more humbly, perhaps, like the Ewok village in Return of the Jedi. Can you imagine it? Forests would thrive once more. Earthquakes would hardly be a problem; nor would floods.


And yet...


One does wonder where one goes to the bathroom. (I don't fancy climbing down the tree in the middle of the night).


And what do you do when it rains? Where does all the rain go? How could you keep it from coming in the windows and getting everything all wet?


Oh, and lightning. Hmm. Yes, lightning could be a problem.


And bugs. Can't abide bugs.


Sigh. My brave new world is once more deferred.