Llove Letters

Walking along today under 200 year old Live Oak trees where the children of American slaves played in meager shade (the trees were young then) reminded me of how important it is to remember our history as a Nation. I visited three of the homes that are left along the Mississippi River in Louisiana that were not burned to the ground during the un-Civil War, and saw there the remains of a society so very different from ours, it is hard to imagine. I took a picture of a Live Oak tree that the current owner says is 300 to 400 years old. It is still growing and strong, and…