Editor,
Rain: Yes, children, rain. How lovely the wet, damp, chilly atmosphere; a tad much with what the flooding and all, but still, think of the greenery!
Eureka’s Public Works Department: These folks work so very hard keeping our little town going. They are on the ball 24/7 and I applaud them.
100 Days of Nothingness: I so long to respect America’s president. Alas, he is still a phony rich playboy who owes his “success” to Russia, his billionaire buddies, and voters who do not think or understand his poison;
Oprah Winfrey: “True forgiveness is when you can say, ‘Thank you for that experience.’”
Sweetness: As Mill Hollow flooded, I stopped to ask a neighbor if she needed help. She asked my name and when I told her, she exclaimed, “Oh, goodness, I read your words all the time. Thank you.” All in the middle of a river of water flowing in the street;
Buddhism: “There are things we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go.”
And I am grateful for the people of Eureka Springs who inspire me, tickle my funny bone, irritate me and forgive me.
T.A. Laughlin