Pausing beneath the branches of legacy linden tree

Water drops, illuminated by a nearby antique-style streetlight, attached to the web of linden tree branches on the south side of the Courier-Post building Monday evening, Dec. 22, 2014. That linden tree - nurtured by Courier-Post maintenance man Louie Keithley in its earliest days - has provided summer shade to those pausing for reflection under its boughs throughout my 39-year career at this newspaper. - Mary Lou Montgomery, Courier-Post retiring editor