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Powers That Be They reported that the stately old tree dating back before 1800 had fallen, and that six to eight years earlier it had split so metal rods had been used to hold up its arms. The strong winds that blow in off the hill to the west of us had known no mercy that orangish evening in late September and took down our oldest living member. Next morning we encirlced the plot where men with saws had laid it out, a pyre to burn its spirit on, and we mourners stood a day long in silence watching until its limbs had turned to ashes. Next Home |
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