Oklahoma mining permit for Simpson Rd. silicates? I feel an essay or op-ed coming on here. The long and short of it all is “to get over it.” Because we fail to count our blessings andtrulyrecognizewhatGodandthis country have historically given us. I too have several pecan trees and we gleaned a bumper crop of some of the better paper shells I’ve seen in many seasons. Unfortunately the wood smoke of burning brush piles south of town to clear new land for residential housing is a constant eye, nose and throat irritant that has persisted for over a year now prevents me from picking the pecans up. The brush burning starts south of our public schools and half-surrounds our town. It is injurious to our school kids as well as older adults with or without asthma, emphysema and respiratory conditions, aside from COVID.
When I count the blessing of just being able to breathe, whether getting out of bed or bending to tie my shoe laces, I thank God. At night, we used to look upon the stars here in Marshall County and see wonders to behold, God’s handiwork indeed, meteor showers in summer months. Now, we don’t see the heavens unfold because of the ambient and garish night lights of our neighbors’ flood lamps, all fearful of invasion.
To what avail are intense LED leading to intense lives of introversion and isolation? To be brief, there was a time when bringing jobs to this county would evoke Thanksgiving; now, we disdain our neighbor with more “sand” than us?
I, for one, would rather look to merit, that trait and ability to complete a task, honestly and reliably toaccumulatewealthandacumenand to take a man of his word. I thank God we still live in a Constitutional Republic and not some regulated democracy imposed upon us.
Jesus said “to learn of me”, and “to love one another.”
Bob Fowler Madill, Okla.