Remembering Great Trees

Back in April, Gossips reported on the plight of this tree--the great survivor, the symbol of the indomitable quality of life and hope. 

The passionate intercession of neighbors won the tree a stay of execution, but it was only temporary. This morning Gossips noticed that the tree is gone. Only pieces of the trunk remain where the tree once stood, its branches raised as if in exultation . . . or supplication.