Orchids to …
• Frank’s Tree Service and the owners, the Ellsbury family, particularly Evan Ellsbury for a remarkable job and extraordinary equipment removing a large fallen tree from the roof of our barn, from the Macy family.
• Voelz Body Shop for removing rusty spots and touch-ups on our donated truck without charge, from the United Way Volunteer Action Center.
• Guardian K-9 for the great “pawty” for all the dogs.
• Joe Cole for that bright light of truth on progressives, Democrats and media.
• Joe Cole for his spot-on letter.
• another worthy thought piece by David Penticuff, a “woke” and courageous news editor observing the workings of our state’s lopsided political machinery.
• Joe Cole for his spot-on letter to the editor.
• the couple who pulled over to tell me they love all the work we’ve done to our home.
• Americans who show respect from those who differ on political issues, because we need at least two parties to have a democracy.
• the lady and her daughter who were kind and helped me put my groceries in my car because I have a problem with my right arm.
• Deborah Wolfe, for always having my back, from Peggy.
• Joe Cole for his simple, concise and fact-filled letter to the editor.
• Joe Cole for a great and honest letter.
• Susie and Ted Hopkins for hosting the Friday night portion of the Columbus High School class of ‘59 reunion, and to Phyllis Apple for organizing the reunion.
• people who treat their animals well because they have feelings and are God’s creatures also.
• Joe Cole for his excellent letter in Thursday’s paper
• my four grandsons, Chad, Duke, Kyle and Eric for being good husbands, sons and grandsons, from your grandmother.
Onions to …
• the city for buying an expensive opioid antidote when there are people that need assistance like insulin to live.
• people who need to stay out of other people’s yards and worry about their own.
• my neighbors’ hired mowing crew who ran over my garden hose on my property, threw it away and didn’t replace it.
• people who don’t put their trash can up after the trash is picked up and just leave it at the end of their driveway.
• Republicans that hate “socialized” medicine then go to Canada for hernia surgery.
• those who have forgotten that the president is the leader of the United States of America, which includes the city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland.
• those who think Trump is guilty of anything other than political incorrectness and bringing attention to things that are supposed to be swept under the rug.
• anyone who would support a presidential candidate who doesn’t want people to be responsible for purchasing their own eyeglasses.
• the debater who refuses to put his hand over his heart at the national anthem during the Tuesday evening debate.
• those people who speed up and down Central Avenue.
• the family that has pet pigs that are allowed to get out of their slipshod pen and get into the neighbors’ garden to eat their vegetables.
• those responsible for the chip-and-seal mess on our roads, because with our taxes as high as they are, the roads should be paved properly.
• the president for his words that are scaring children.
• the president who has a fragile ego.
• the president who made a campaign promise that everyone would get health care, because now he and lawyers are trying to take away conditions for pre-existing conditions.
• the president who is proposing massive cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
• city officials for buying the mayor’s relative’s contaminated property, especially when they have no idea how far contamination in the groundwater has spread and what will be required to clean it up.
Happy Birthday to …
• Marva Ponder, from Elsie.
• Kristine Gross.
• Briana Stone.
• Hilda Miller from Joseph Hart Chapter.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
