Thank You, Mystery Litter Cleaner-Upper!

by | Nov 7, 2020 | Bright Lights

I had just about had it with the litter piling up on Ithaca Street from the the railroad track to where the street curves on the way to my house. I have picked up after litterbugs before and was prepared to take care of this mess myself. Earlier this year I had...

Nelda Hunt: Repurposer Extraordinaire

by | Oct 21, 2020 | Bright Lights

Nelda Hunt likes to prowl in alleys. Well, of course she does! That’s where she finds all that sadly discarded stuff and gives it new life. Alleys, dumpsters, flea markets, estate sales, junk stores, thrift shops, friends on a cleaning binge, herself on a...

Turkey Vultures are not Buzzards

by | Oct 11, 2020 | Bright Lights

Really. What we all probably grew up calling a buzzard is actually a turkey vulture, Cathartes aura. It just so happens a bird found across the ocean, Buteo buteo, is the real buzzard, found in Europe, Asia, eastern Russia, northwestern China, and northwestern...

Bailey County’s Emergency Medical Service-EMS

by | Sep 25, 2020 | Bright Lights

I think we were out of town last year when the EMS had their open house for the new facilities, and I am sorry we missed it because every time I drive by I always wonder how things work there. So I just decided it was time to find out how things do work there. I...

Vee Bar Road Trip Comes to an End

by | Sep 13, 2020 | Bright Lights

Once again I started my day watching the horses come in, but this time from a different direction. And I didn’t stand in their way! I was the only person who cared to watch them come in this morning, but I visited with Bonnie, a woman who comes in during the fall when...