Orchids to …
• Bob Evans for the best Father’s Day breakfast I ever had.
• the nice lady at our church who gave me the new clothes, from Linda Mitchell.
• Lohmeyer Plumbing for the great job Saturday, from Pauline Barnes.
• Sherry Anderson for helping me catch my groundhogs and releasing them, from Debbie.
• supporters who didn’t show up in Tulsa.
• Sherry Grimes for her spot-on letter.
• people who stayed away from the rally, preventing the spread of COVID-19.
• Sherry Grimes for another excellent letter.
• who downloaded John Bolton’s new book to Twitter.
• those who showed logic, reasoning, and common sense by not attending a Tulsa rally.
Onions to …
• the park price-gouging the community, being the only pool open.
• those taking young teams to indoor dining facilities where seating is limited and there isn’t a way to keep children safely apart from each other.
• those who believe the federal elected official cares about you — if he did, he would have called off the rally.
• the neighbor who sits in a chair in his driveway and watches my family through our window.
• the letter writer who is continuing a history of fear-mongering.
• the person who stole the package containing medication for a cancer patient off my porch.
• the writer for her bizarre letter blaming Democrats for all the problems of the world.
• the federal elected official asking the Chinese president to buy U.S. agricultural products to retain the farm vote, after imposing tariffs on China.
• the Russian leader who is happily playing the federal elected official’s fiddle.
• people following the liberal logic that all cops are bad.
• those who think chaos comes from the left when the federal elected official has given us nothing but chaos.
• those who think that I should apologize for past transgressions of my race.
• the letter writer for her typical Republican scare-tactic rhetorical letter.
• the letter writer for another hate letter in already troubling times.
• upgrading playgrounds while Jewel Village drowns.
• the federal elected official for eliminating all signs of dignity from his office.
• the writer whose only noteworthy thing in her letter is “our country is in trouble.”
• condemning those who choose not to wear a mask when the only true protection is a n95 respirator and the only risk is when someone is standing in front of you talking or coughing.
• the letter writer who thinks that the Democratic Party is a threat and that all university-educated people are indoctrinated, when its thoughtful people have made positive contributions.
• planners who don’t understand that, with the removal of the low-head dam, water tends to seek its own level.
• the letter writer who should learn to think for herself and speak to an actual Democrat instead of parroting right-wing talking points.
• the federal elected official who blames everyone but himself for his failures.
• the writer for her close-minded, distorted and partisan letter to editor.
• the federal elected official who says “America first” but really means “me first.”
• the ignorant implication that universities are teaching students to hate America.
• the federal elected official whose ridiculous “solution” to the surge in COVID cases is to slow testing — he wasn’t joking.
• the federal elected official for never having learned that the word “dominate” is not used in leadership training in spite of his suggestion that he should dominate rather than set a good example.
• wasting $1.7 million in taxes on a failed plan for ridiculous artificial whitewater rapids in the dangerous East Fork White River.
• those who drive four-wheelers on the county roads without helmets.
• the dance recital.
• all the utilities trying to raise their rates during a pandemic.
• the letter writer parroting conservative media outlets by fabricating anarchy when 99% of protests have been peaceful.
• the religious leader who vanished after half of the service.
• those who shoot each other and then criticize the police for trying to do their jobs.
• all the drivers with no headlights or taillights driving in fog making it hard to see them.
• Saturday’s hate-filled letter berating those who go to a college or university.
• the federal elected official playing down the virus, when almost one out of three of the dead worldwide are Americans.
• coronavirus cases rising, even as officials brace for a second wave this fall.
• 29 states and U.S. territories reporting a higher seven-day average of coronavirus cases on Sunday than they did on June 14.
• the federal elected official saying testing leads to an increase in coronavirus cases, because testing will not make you have the virus.
• the official saying the federal elected official was joking about slowing down COVID-19 testing.
• showing even a hint of interest in continuing a riverfront project with millions of our tax dollars when there are hungry children and families because of job loss.
• the federal elected official’s Checky Greene-type comedy routine with no message.
Happy Birthday to …
• Amanda Cash, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• Bella Turner, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• Steve Barker on No. 50, love Leanne.
• Pat Kyle, from all your friends at Old Union Church.
• A.J. Goecker on No. 20, from Papaw and Mamaw Geocker, Mom, Dad, Emma, Kayla, and the rest of your friends and family.
Happy Birthday to …
• Eunice Low, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Tim and Susan Larken from your family and Donna.
• Doug and Tina Devore, from Pastor Marving Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
