The Ginkgo Tree

Edd Jennings
Sep 8, 2018 · 4 min read
Ginkgo tree from my side yard, the tree likely planted about 1810.

Fionna was down there again, at what Archibald thought of now as her island. It hurt that she went to the island instead of to him. It hurt worse that he knew he deserved no better. It was all beginning to unravel. He had his time, those precious, poignant moments when a young girl looked at him and saw more than was there. It couldn’t last. She saw the stars in her eyes when she thought she looked at the man, but ultimately a man’s character told. Before, he…

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Edd Jennings

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Edd Jennings runs cattle on the banks of the New River in the mountains of Virginia.

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