Orchids to …
• Jenny at the housing authority for looking out for others, from a tenant.
• Gethin Thomas of Henrys Social Club for being an inspirational chef and human being.
• Miss Kayla and Tonia for everything you do to make breakfast and lunch wonderful every day, from residents of Brighter Days.
• Grayson Management and Chris and the maintenance guys who put in our garage door for us, from Paula.
• Elizabeth Warren for calling out white supremacism for what it is: domestic terrorism.
• Adam for his enthusiastic presentation at the Bartholomew County Historical Society, which everyone should visit.
• the well-dressed gentleman on the new, black Harley Davidson at the Kroger gas station at about 8 a.m. Wednesday morning at pump No. 4, because you made my day, from the lady at pump No. 3.
• the people who are caring for the beautiful flowers in our community.
• the Walgreens pharmacy employees who continually step up when help is needed.
Onions to …
• the wave of cheap-shot political Onions that substitute for Tweets.
• a director for making a workplace less efficient and being the reason so many employees are quitting.
• a parent who chose their spouse over their children.
• our neighbor that has mowed once this year, because the grass is over 2 feet tall, and there is a mower in the driveway.
• those who confuse the calling out of leadership failures with racism, which doesn’t make sense.
• the political candidate who lost and now resorts to posting fake news to make his views seem relevant.
• Democrats who need to look up the definition of racism before so freely abusing the term.
• the letter writer who said maternal child nutrition needs legislative support.
• the idea that Democrats hate Republicans, when actually we simply disagree.
• the tree trimmer who accepted full payment for his services, but never came back to trim the trees and would never return any of our calls.
Happy Birthday to …
• Cheryl Mize.
• Tristan Jackson.
• Paula Compton, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Cristi Adams, from John, Sarah, Gerald, Lenora, Melissa, Scott and Vivian.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Scott and April, from Jay Baker.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
