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springheel_jack ([personal profile] springheel_jack) wrote in [personal profile] sabotabby 2025-05-05 01:04 am (UTC)

I'm at the age now where almost everything everyone experiences triggers in me a memory of a similar or apparently relevant experience or set of circumstances which I have an urge to report, as a way of being interested. But I feel lately that this is generally unwanted and seen as a way of hijacking the conversation.

Anyway, that said, here's my related experience:

Some years ago, the city of Nashville had a nice long avenue of Yoshino cherry trees along the waterfront. It's a popular tree here; J's dad had a hand in introducing them. But then the city cut down a bunch of the trees to make way for the temporary constructions for the NFL draft. I think the first year it was held here.

I - and many others who weren't even all that excited about the NFL draft - were pretty upset the city had agreed to that; the trees were one of the most beautiful amenities on the waterfront downtown, when they bloomed. The city said they would replant them. I wonder if they ever did? I don't know.

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