tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post3158507045964068526..comments2024-03-16T08:31:08.514-07:00Comments on Welcome Words: AdjustmentsMartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-31886262342499478042015-11-19T11:05:35.421-08:002015-11-19T11:05:35.421-08:00Good Lord. Thankfully, things here aren't that...Good Lord. Thankfully, things here aren't that insular and small-minded. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-71009292163147703082015-11-19T07:12:03.246-08:002015-11-19T07:12:03.246-08:00oh small towns. the powers that be here are deter...oh small towns. the powers that be here are determined to keep this town from becoming prosperous as it once was. a group of families own most of the buildings and when they fall into disrepair nothing is fixed so their taxes won't go up. if you want to rent one you have to make the repairs and improvements at your own expense and labor. they have the city counsel in their pocket so nothing gets done. the chamber of commerce here bends over backwards putting roadblocks in the way of people who want to make this town prosperous. and the small town small mindedness of the people here is extreme. if you are a newcomer, forget it. one young woman who opened a little shop on the square (she has now left) saw a complete change in acceptance when people learned that she was from a different branch (different small town) of one of this town's families and another woman newcomer who is buying and restoring one of the buildings on the square to open a little cafe and gallery is told with regularity to her face that they don't want her here and one of the shop keepers on the square is conducting a smear campaign against her. so much for christian love.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-17252616183811536452015-11-19T06:06:57.946-08:002015-11-19T06:06:57.946-08:00:0)
I'll keep my eyes open for a man in a mar...:0) <br />I'll keep my eyes open for a man in a marching band uniform.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-16957127828573076222015-11-19T03:07:21.794-08:002015-11-19T03:07:21.794-08:00"We've got trouble! Right here in River C..."We've got trouble! Right here in River City!"Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-21248510877955983892015-11-18T16:48:55.003-08:002015-11-18T16:48:55.003-08:00I bet that Grange home interior is as neet as a on...I bet that Grange home interior is as neet as a one room schoolhouse renovation I saw in WI. Used a mezzanine for sleeping quarters.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-54925041398447069692015-11-18T16:43:08.994-08:002015-11-18T16:43:08.994-08:00I don't like the convenience store coming to y...I don't like the convenience store coming to your town. We have them everywhere here and you're right, there will be Keno, followed by other unwanted things. <br />As far as I'm concerned, convenience stores shouldn't be necessary. If people planned ahead, they shouldn't run out of things, although I understand how it could happen, but there's long life milks available now and they can be kept in a pantry, unrefrigerated until needed. And it doesn't hurt to hide away a pack of toilet paper for emergencies, ditto an extra can or packet of non perishables. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-50234856997525316052015-11-18T15:37:44.611-08:002015-11-18T15:37:44.611-08:00I do mourn some of the changes which inevitably co...I do mourn some of the changes which inevitably come. I liked it when down town was a community first, and businesses second...Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-64892177244117137712015-11-18T15:36:54.821-08:002015-11-18T15:36:54.821-08:00I hate to see old buildings destroyed . However, t...I hate to see old buildings destroyed . However, things do change. We can't help that one. The one village at home has completely disappeared. The other village has very little left since I left in 1957.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.com