Stories from Saturday, March 10, 2007

It takes a lot of things to make a successful town. Businesses where people can work to make a living and buy the things they need. Utilities to provide heat, light and water, and to carry waste water away. Paved streets that are passable most of the time...

Back in the days when I was an active farmer I had a dearly loved pet, a Labrador retriever. We called her Black Sally as Chuck had an English Retriever already named Sally, White Sally. My Black Sally accompanied me nigh everywhere I went. In fact she appeared highly insulted whenever the pickup departed the farm without her and sulked until we returned. ...

I was involved in a process this past week that left me saddened and concerned. I can't report the details of my experience because of the confidential nature of the proceedings but I can report some overarching perspectives that were painfully obvious...