I am touched by Poor Will’s column. “I often think that external space reflects inner space.” It’s simple, well said and completely on the mark. I can say it’s inspired me to catch up on all those things that never seem to get done.
The picture on June 23, Page C1, is not a moth but a butterfly, as any high school biology student would tell you. Moths have feathery antennae. Butterflies have clubbed antennae. This picture was shot when the butterfly was spreading its wings. That is why its wings are flat.
Tuesday’s photograph by Marshall Gorby is not a moth, it is a butterfly.
Everything is changing and so must the U.S. Post Office. Cut postal delivery to Monday through Friday. Keep the post office open to keep the supply chain full of ever-diminishing pieces of mail. Eventually the system will be privatized.
Everybody needs a venting place. Speak Up is mine. But please, no more Bush, Obama, crosswords, cats, dogs, Steve Austria, that other guy, or red light cameras.
How about putting the Speak Ups in a book each year? I often wish I’d saved all of them and it would be great to see them all together.
To the person who stole the coupler from the truck on Tanglewood Drvie: If you had asked, I would have given to you. I have your red truck on camera!
It would be wonderful soon to read in our Springfield newspaper that South Charleston citizens are pitching in financially to license the dog — a special “community license” paid for annually or until real owner appears — and that the community promises to oversee dog’s welfare and needs for as long as it chooses to remain in the community.
Recently I had friends from out of town and we went to the Upper Valley Mall. They could not believe the dilapidated empty buildings across the mall such as Hunan East and the near vacant Springfield Plaza. Seeing our mall through their eyes, I was embarrassed.
The Humane Society has long needed a makeover, from its board to its management. It should be run like a real business. Adoption numbers, not necessarily animal welfare, are the top priority. Anyone can adopt an animal there, whether it is a good match or not.
Even though Kroger is close to my house and I have shopped there for years, I no longer will. I am fed up with the young women who run the cash registers who feel the need to discuss their drunken nights, complain about their jobs, and roll their eyes at my handful of coupons.
Springfield Metropolitan Housing: Every time I go out to my van, there is a nail in my tire. I went to them and they said there was nothing they could do, even if it is on their property.
The season opener of the Summer Arts Festival with John Waite was simply spectacular.
When you come to the Summer Arts Festival, men should have to wear a shirt and ladies should have to wear a bra.
Could newspaper customers please give us newspaper carriers a little more respect?
The increasing frequency of fishing stories in the Sunday paper is great. Thank you for listening to your readers.
