Orchids to …
• Love Chapel and their volunteers for their positivity in the heat during the mobile pantry.
• Rachel and Grace for the gift card, from your crossing guards, Sande and Betty.
• President Joe Biden for leading us out of the COVID-19 wilderness as the former leader prepares to meet his fate.
• the Trump administration for vaccine development, when the naysayers said it couldn’t be done.
• John Fischer, Clarence White, Ant Blair, Jaclyn Vanosdol, Amanda Reid and Jessica Bachmann for excellent letters to the editor.
• Kathy at Elizabethtown Post Office for her kind, caring and excellent service, from Sherri.
• Rep. Liz Cheney for calling out the former guy’s election lies.
• Dr. Chastine at Columbus Regional Hospital ER for the excellent treatment I received, from Bob D.
• Wally Dietz for being a great neighbor, from Bob and Ellen.
• Kaylan Fields for always having my back when I need help, from Grandma.
• Maryann Robbins for having my grass cut while I was in the hospital for knee surgery, from Debbie.
• Ray Gibson’s letter.
• the Harrison Township Fire Department for making Water Day for so fantastic for all the kids at ABC Stewart School.
• MacKenzie Rooks for graduating from Manchester College on Saturday with a cum laude degree in marketing and Spanish, love, all your family.
Onions to …
• voter fraud nonsense.
• those who can’t stop complaining about the prior administration, as a distraction from their own failings.
• those who don’t know that shortly before leaving office, the ex-federal elected official and his wife were vaccinated against the virus.
• not realizing 10 years from now, all we’ll be doing is looking in amazement and disgust at a $100 a month water bill and outrageous property taxes.
• facing into the bright afternoon sun while trying to enjoy music on Fourth Street, it’s past time to move it back to Washington Street.
• not realizing retirees will leave Columbus not because of a lack of amenities but because they simply can’t afford to stay here.
• the speaker at the graduation for quoting a communist dictator.
• the political representative on general principles.
• the former federal official for paying $120,000 to a pornographic movie star.
• the auto repair shop charging me $82 for an oil change, which is $21 more than last year’s oil change for the same vehicle.
• even more fast food options.
• the political party not realizing what they are doing could lead to the downfall of our democracy.
• the political party acting in a delusional way.
• raising water rates.
• the office secretary who lacks people skills and is rude to everybody.
• the local factory that won’t tell their employees when they’re losing their jobs.
• those who think that only a select few black lives matter, not all.
• lining up on the streets and county roads to pick up children after school creating a traffic hazard, have your kids ride the bus.
• whoever is responsible for mowing the county roadways.
Happy Birthday to …
• Pete Wilkerson, from your family and Donna.
• Jackie Speaker, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Matthew Ritchison, from Mamaw Jan.
Happy Birthday to …
• Cordell Lawson on No. 22, from Mom, Dami, Trenton, and Mummers.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
