by Julie Elick

Sadness, and strong feelings of nostalgia went through our minds as we finalized the arrangements with Nathaniel Roseen, who owns North Pine Services, to come and take them down. Our Birch trees, the ones in our front yard! Oh, my! Nate is an expert tree taker downer, and does it with a smile on his face. I thought about writing a poem called: Ode to our "trees", but its only "we", "Joe and mee" who like to "see" our Birches, in the "weeee" hours of the morning and evening. I wake up just before the light of a Winter day. I sit in our porch looking out at the blue snow...