Orchids to …
• first responders for a job well done during this COVID-19 crisis and may God keep an eye on them during this trying time.
• Mr. Feisback for clearing our road and driveway, from your neighbors.
• Pete’s Trenching crew of Brownstown for superb help in hand-packing summer clothes bound for Guatemala, from Orphan Grain Train.
• the woman who paid for my breakfast at McDonald’s yesterday, thank you and God bless!
• how quickly we were vaccinated on the same day that Indiana opened to our age group, which shows the Biden team and our state officials are on the ball, impressive.
• my neighbor for running his bubbler and preventing the lake from freezing, giving the geese a place to stay until the snow melted from my yard.
• President Biden for acknowledging and mourning 500,000 pandemic deaths rather than ignoring them like the previous leader.
• the seven courageous Republicans who voted to say America is a constitutional republic.
• the friend who paid for lunch Sunday at Bob Evans, thanks for your thoughtfulness.
• Butch for helping me clean out my driveway on Tuesday.
• Debra and Julie Greene for making me the mock chicken for my birthday, love Mom/Grandma Judy.
Onions to …
• the restaurant for closing, and what are we to do with gift cards?
• the ex-federal elected official who could not wait to cancel anything his predecessor had established.
• those who don’t believe freedom of religion applies to local atheists.
• the crazed elected official tripping to Mexico for a beach vacation while his backward state was frozen solid and people were dying.
• rewarding our tax money to developers who directly compete with existing tax-paying landlords who already have a high rate of empty apartments.
• increasing housing when there are empty apartments and seemingly no new jobs coming.
• local trucking company that doesn’t believe the stop sign at Southern Crossing and 250 applies to them.
• the political party enabling the former leader to convince half the American people that this was not a fair and free election leading to the destruction of the Capitol.
• the former leader whose big lie on top of other lies caused people to be killed, numerous others to be brutalized, and caused many more to be hunted down.
• members of the political party who are speaking double speak.
• a COVID relief bill that is loaded with items that have nothing to do with the virus.
• government for hiding behind closed doors while the rest if us have to go to work.
Happy Birthday to …
• Trish Park, from your family, co-workers and Donna.
• Louie Grable, from your family and Donna.
• Jim Willis, from Joyce, Kari, Steve, John.
• Staci Watkins, from Amanda Hausner and family.
• Benjamin Shoultz, from Great-Grandma McClintic, Mom and Mike, Bailey, Mamaw and Papaw Barnes, Jason, Tony, Mamaw and Papaw Shoultz, and the rest of your family.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
