GUEST COMMENTARY: Tree Could Tell Many Stories
OLD OAK RESEMBLES SPRINGDALE, BRINGS BACK MEMORIES
Posted: December 28, 2009 at 2:24 a.m.
Sometimes an illness can become a blessing when it affords you reflection time. The other day I was reflecting upon the beauty of the fall and was admiring the ancient oak tree that stands proud in my yard. It is more than 3 feet in diameter, which reminds me that it has seen many a leaf fall only to reappear in the spring. I thought about how many stories that tree could tell about the last several hundred years. Would it smile or frown at the progress made in its corner of Northwest Arkansas?
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