I told you that Dutch Elm disease
ripped through our city.
And it took with it very rapidly all the great Elm trees.
But one very large Elm tree that was in front of our house,
and which we thought was going to survive.
And then, it was hit by lightning.
[LAUGHTER]
And it was split.
And we had it bolted together.
But its spirit was broken, and it lasted but one season more.
This is called, An Elm We Lost.
On it we wrote a little essay, about who loved who.
Shade moves in the grass, never still.
And they still do.