In Search of Living Water
One of my favorite trees is dead. I will miss it! For the past 22 years—ever since I moved in my house—it has been a source of shade as we sat by our swimming pool on hot summer days. No longer will we be able to find respite from the hot sun on scorching afternoons. Why, I asked myself, would it die? While it is a mature tree, it really doesn’t appear to be that old. Its roots are near…