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We all saw photos of the damage to the Colmar elevator but if you drive farther East there is a lot more damage. As I mentioned last week, was amazed that though the elevator was destroyed other buildings in Colmar seemed to have suffered no damage. Farther East, by the Bethel Baptist church, things are devastated. A home has damage, two machine sheds are completely smashed, there is damage to headstones in the cemetery next to the machine sheds and just south of the church there is severe damage to farm buildings. We are fortunate that there was no loss of life. The high line poles are back up in Denver and power has been restored in the area but still obvious damage at the farm equipment store on the corner by Denver.
Came home through the country to see the storm damage and saw two herds of deer-not one deer but groups. Perhaps I need to rethink driving country roads in the evening.
Still have a lot of questions about my health scare. A stress test was ordered and that was done on Tuesday morning. The whole process was interesting and not that scary. The problem that I currently have is that there were several doctors involved with my trip to the ER, my stay in the hospital, and tests that have been performed. The doctors do not seem to agree on what happened or on what I should do about it. I have always been healthy and I do not have medical training and would like answers on just what I need to do. Thankfully I was a teacher and as such have health insurance. Guess I will just have to be patient and see if this is an ongoing problem or a fluke.
Got a 4 pack of early plants at Walmart and planted them so that I have some blooms just outside the door. Also trying to weed a bit but that is almost overwhelming in my huge yard with many flower beds. My lawn got its first mowing and looks better though I need to do some trimming. All in good time I guess.
What do we say about the events of Saturday night. I am sure there are two very different ideas on just what happened. I watched some of the news conference and what I heard was the call to build the huge ballroom that our president seems so bent on building. I do not know what to believe that I read on Facebook because so much of it is not true. I read a report that was supposedly written by the suspect and he seemed lucid to me. He was also an honored teacher if that report was true. I also read that the bottom of the reflecting pool had been painted blue. Perhaps someone needs to explain “reflecting” to the person responsible for that decision.
So many upsetting situations in our world. Seemingly so little that we can do about them! Why in the world would we bring back death by firing squad for example. This column is difficult to write because we are all entitled to our own opinions and I don’t need hate mail or hate directed toward me. Seems so trivial to say “have a good week”. I do hope you have a good week however and it is so very important to scatter Kindness and Love in these hate filled times.