We Are Community 289
“Song sung blue, everybody knows one.” So many sad things happening lately. You don’t need me to remind you of lives taken, assets grabbed, lies told and so much more. Personally, Puff jumped out the door last Sunday evening after helping me write the column and she has not returned since. She is an indoor kitty and has no survival skills. If you see a fluffy beige kitty in Plymouth, she has a home and would like her to be home and safe.
“Song Sung Blue” is also the title of a movie currently playing. As I am a Neil Diamond fan and have his music playing at the store, went to the movie last night. It is not a movie about Neil Daimond but rather about a tribute group. It is a good movie but not one that leaves you in a festive mood. There were six people in the theater on a Saturday evening.
Illinois tried to relieve a bit of the tax burden by taking the 1% tax off food. It was my understanding that taxing bodies could then impose a 1% tax of their own because of the tax removed. What seems to have happened is that we are now paying 1% more on everything where the taxing bodies chose to continue the 1% tax. Tax in Macomb is now 10%. In my opinion, that is very high. I would rather have had the 1% tax on food continue than paying one percent more on everything.
Sal climbed the curtains and bent two curtain rods. I bought curtain rods and got out the tall ladder. Finally had to wire up one set of rods to get them to stay and got another rod that I could just lay across ends so that if Sal tries to climb those curtains, it all should fall on his head. What I did not anticipate was how Sal would react to the ladder. He was under it and trying to figure out how to climb up-went around the leg to the outside and succeeded. Sat on the top and tried to play with the ceiling fan so I moved the ladder. Could see the fan smashed on the floor. He then proceeded to groom himself on the top of the ladder and climbed up repeatedly. The end of the story is that the ladder is now in the dining room where I have room to leave it up for him to enjoy!
The Plymouth Village Board met on Wednesday evening. Some good discussions on the future of our village. We need a new water plant and water tower and though they are in the future, I’m glad that plans are being made. We still need a policeman. Though we have ordinances, we have no one to enforce them.
2026 has had a bumpy start. Hope things improve. Hope you have a good week. Though we may not be able to do a lot about many things beyond our control, we can scatter Kindness and Love and do our best to help those in need in our community and the surrounding area.