Orchids to …
• Brittany and Anna working so hard and efficiently at the Edinburgh Subway on a extremely busy Saturday! Great job!
• Aaron Almaralez, congratulations on becoming an American citizen, so many people are proud of you.
• Kathy Bush, Joe Bush, Karen Mize, Teresa Covert, Chris Kimerling, Pastor Rebecca Milne, Jacob Milne, and the fantastic volunteers for the wonderful Petersville United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School, from the children and their parents.
• President Joe Biden and the progress being made at the G7 to restore respect for America among the member countries.
• Alomar Garcia for his awesome job running the restaurant at Otter Creek and the amazing Smashburger.
• Christy and Jordyn Walker for being the strongest and most beautiful women in the world, from Nicholas Linney.
• iMechanic Repair Service for quick repair of my iPhone, from the grey-haired lady.
• Mary Matthews at Columbus Regional Health volunteer services for an outstanding job working with us and great leadership skills, congratulations on your new hospital job, from Bob, Larry, and Jeff, Mary’s Merry Men.
• Rick Newland for the beautiful job of edging the sidewalks along Rocky Ford Road, from Cindy.
• the foreman at the airport fire station for taking the time to make two little boys’ day.
Onions to …
• thinking your opinion matters if someone with long hair wears it up all of the time, worry about your own hair.
• the people in the housing addition for the extra loud music playing on Saturday and Sunday.
• those with no regard for people who work other than 9-5 weekdays, allowing 10 additional days of fireworks outside of July 4th this summer is excessive.
• all the families voicing the idea that wearing a mask is a form of bullying at school.
• people who have not received a vaccine because your parents and grandparents had smallpox, measles, and flu — vaccines actually work and stop being so ignorant.
• people pushing a shot, it’s about freedom of choice!
• families that believe school is about individual rights, school is collective, school is team, school is connectedness.
• the people who were violating the U.S. Flag Code on Flag Day.
• those who still refuse to get vaccinated.
• the local restaurant for confiscating the tip money of an employee barely making minimum wage.
• the letter full of untruths and falsehoods and conspiracy theories that were debunked months ago.
• the insurrectionist party.
• the city and the business that shut down the streets making access to our homes unavailable to us.
Happy Birthday to …
• Brenda Bean, from your family and Donna.
• Cindy Boll, from your family and Donna.
• Shane Skinner on No. 14, love Mom, Dad, Shana, Shelby, Judy, Bella, Benji, Buttercup, and Bayli.
• Jarret Turner, from your family.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
