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My friend used to always park his car under this tree. As sure
as the arrival of fall itself, every year this tree would turn
an impressive shade of red. Trees aren't always that
predictable, but this tree had sprinklers in the yard, so it
always got the correct amount of water. A passionate Utah
football fan, it should not be surprising that he favored a tree
that every season turned the same color as the sweater he wore
to the games. The Utes joined the Pac-12 in 2011, but in those
10 years they had never won a conference championship. Having
grown up in southern California, where U.S.C. and U.C.L.A. were
expected to win every year, it would have brought him great
delight to see Utah play in their stead. This year Utah did
finally win the Pac-12 championship and will be going to the
Rose Bowl. If only he could have traveled to that game in
southern California he would have thought he had died and gone
to heaven. ( As it turns out he did die, and hopefully
did go to heaven. Do you think he knows about the game? Will he still be able to watch
it?) (December 2021) |
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