Orchids to …
• to Justin Lienhoop for his letter to the editor urging re-thinking of the Riverfront project.
• the Trump administration for keeping us safe at the border.
• the people who keep the downtown flower pots looking so beautiful.
• Sherry Grimes for her letter to the editor Saturday.
• Lutheran Workcamp for working at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church to bring the work camp to Columbus.
• the kind couple that paid for my meal at the east side Dairy Queen on Sunday evening, from someone’s grandmother.
• Ken Fudge for his letter to the editor about the Riverfront, and its explanation of costs.
• the woman who ran out of the Walmart store into the parking lot to bring me the air conditioner filter that I left in the cart.
• John Phillips for burying our beloved old horse, Skittles, from the Marvins.
• Matt Vorndran for towing me when I ran out of gas.
• Ken Fudge for a well-said exact synopsis of what is not needed on the river between the two bridges, as this would end up being a black hole to dump money into from now on.
• the anonymous person at Skooter’s on Monday morning for paying for our breakfasts: your generosity was a surprise and a blessing.
• the team at Athens Animal Clinic and Jody at Faithful Friends In Passing for their help and support during the loss of our beloved dog, Carly.
Onions to …
• the person at the yard sale who thought my daughter was trying to take off with a backpack bear instead of paying for it.
• the letter writer for her biased, divisive, partisan letter.
• the letter writer who clearly hates anyone who disagrees with her.
• anyone who believes that the next round of indictments from Mueller won’t be for the Americans that worked with the Russians.
• the person who borrowed my favorite ball-point pen without my permission and broke it.
• the pastor and elder who never check on an older member who lives alone and has little family around.
• the person who keeps trying to defend those who illegally enter our country, often falsely claiming they are asylum-seekers and saying their crimes are only misdemeanors.
• those who support an American president standing on foreign soil criticizing several components of our American government.
• all managers at businesses that allow people to panhandle in their parking lot.
• those naive folks who think that every illegal alien is seeking asylum, and by dismissing a misdemeanor as trivial when the U.S. Constitution provides a means for a sitting U.S. President to be impeached for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
• the unbelievable letter to the editor that was filled with biases, from a proud Democratic American.
• whoever has been stealing bikes around town, grow up and grow a heart.
• neighbors critical of the tall weeds, we have arthritis leg pain and can only do little at a time.
• the pastor who preached politics in his message over the weekend, who should remember that we are a country that supposedly separates church and state.
• our state government for its insatiable appetite for taxpayer dollars, such as the internet sales tax expansion.
• everyone who believes Trump is the worst President ever.
• a leader that lies a lot, which doesn’t make him a better liar.
• the pastor who gave an incomplete description of the situation on the border.
• those who do not know that the previous administration put children in cages.
• the person that wrote the letter to the editor regarding immigration.
• those who think that parents who undertake a dangerous journey to prevent their children from being harmed should be blamed for anything, let alone our us immigration problem.
• anyone who thinks we need a 10-story hotel downtown causing additional traffic jams connected to an old theater that is unlikely to be revived.
• the president for praising dictators such as Putin and Kim Jung-un.
• telemarketing companies that keep calling when I am on the do-not-call list and to the government that does not enforce what they promised to do.
Happy Birthday to …
• Pat Wilson, from your family, bowling team and Donna.
• Terri Williamson, from your family and Donna.
• Alex Joslin on No. 22, from family and friends.
• Sandy Capper, from Sandie Wilson.
• Morgan Meyer, on No. 17 from all those who love you.
• Michelle Harker, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Dorothy Galbraith.
• Derek Thayer.
• Spencer Fish, from Baleigh, Ryne, Tabitha and Adam.
• Belated Happy Birthday to…
• Mamaw, with love from your Baby Chipmunks.
• Sue Romine, from Jim, Talisa, Duste and Jasmine.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Roy and Linda Anderson.
• Belated Happy Anniversary to…
• Monte and Janet Bails.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
