Orchids to …
• Doug Mock for being a great friend, from Kathy and Larry Rudd.
• the kind gentleman behind me in line at the JayC store Tuesday who gave me two pennies so I could complete my order and to the woman behind him who also offered.
• the anonymous young woman who turned in cash left behind at a Kroger self check-out stand.
• Joe Biden who will bring class, honesty, and dignity to the office of president and begin the process of healing and unity for our nation.
• the wonderful people who are supporting each other with kindness and love during this epidemic including my husband Steve who has helped my dad with fixer-uppers at his home.
• Doug Otto’s well-written letter.
• big box stores for protecting our health and lives by requiring wearing masks.
• the niece for exposing the truth.
• Walmart and Sam’s Club for requiring customers to wear face masks starting Monday.
• elected officials who find a moral compass and speak out about Russian bounty payments.
• Doug and Diane for the Georgia peaches, from Dad and Mom.
• the large United Methodist Churches that pulled away from that organization.
• Joe, Nathan and the crew at Columbus Cycling on 16th Street for treating their customers like gold and going the extra mile to care for them, from Roger and Candice.
• Amanda Havilend for kindness and the thoughtful gift, from Rita.
• my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren and all their friends, my FCC church family, and my friends from a long way back, for calls and cards making my 92nd birthday so special, from Imogene.
• Doug Otto’s letter.
• Doug Otto and grassroots efforts.
• Wilford Lutes on his view on Greenbelt.
Onions to …
• Trump for telling the CDC how to do its job and ease guidelines.
• people who can’t see the solution to a virus, bad weather and school shootings is eLearning.
• leaders who spread misinformation instead of listening to scientists to protect the public.
• people who have forgotten we are America, we will not cower and hide in fear from any enemy and we are not a nation of victims.
• a society that needs to start ignoring the easily offended.
• this “woke” crowd that needs to wake up.
• city officials for not considering changing the golf course to an ATV park.
• homeschoolers who complain about school reopening plans.
• the school corporation for reopening the schools and risking the lives of teachers, students and parents in spite of increasing cases.
• the federal elected official for letting U.S. citizens down in the war against COVID-19, by playing to his base and ignoring that this virus kills.
• the hospital for not allowing a family member to be with a family member who was admitted.
• the federally elected official and administration attempting to use schools and our children as political pawns.
• people complaining about cell phone use — rioting and looting are illegal too.
• the letter writer talking about being civil but is anything but in his letter.
• the federal elected official endangering thousands with rallies, opening schools without regard to students’ safety, so he can sell the charade that everything is good before the election.
• the official who wants to close the golf course.
• people complaining about opening schools when the virus numbers go higher and higher, proving the lockdowns and masks did no good at all.
• the local church rehearsing and presenting a musical during the pandemic and just before school is supposed to start.
• people who are afraid to send kids to school yet are sending them to hockey and soccer camp and weekend tournaments.
• the columnist who takes the road of easy virtue points but says very little.
• tracking cell phone data.
• the federal elected official for using the word “hoax” to describe information gathered by our country’s intelligence officials when the information turns out to be true.
• the truck going well above the posted speed limit who had to honk at me when I pulled out from a side street.
• the politicians whose only concern is to fill their back pockets — they need to enforce laws and clean up the drugs and the crime and stop playing with our money.
• local grocers and stores making customer’s pay up an order for them to figure out their change shortage.
Happy Birthday to …
• JoeAnn Moon, Happy Birthday Mamaw! Love, Wyatt and Marika.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Leroy and Janet Fiesbeck, from Bob and Jeri.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
