The lead front page headline in last week’s issue of our (weekly) local newspaper?<\/p>\n
Stalled train tangles traffic on Thursday<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yup. That’s what passes for news in our happy little world. The train had brake problems and ended up parked for two hours, initially blocking all 5 crossings in town<\/em>; at some point they split the train and opened up the southernmost crossing rejoining the sundered halves of town. This was the day (10 Oct) that I brought WeatherGrrrl home from the hospital after her knee replacement surgery, and as part of borrowing a friend’s van to collect WeatherGrrrl in (thanks KK!), I ended up crossing those tracks three times while all this was going on. Thus I can attest that the Morris Police peeps were out directing traffic and being genuinely useful as I was moving back and forth, so big thanks to them for helping manage what passes for a big deal out here in the rural wilderness.<\/p>\nMy favorite line from the article (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n
For the next two hours, officers from the MPD helped keep traffic moving along Highway 28 and Pacific Avenue, two busy thoroughfares during the morning commute<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWell, I guess Highway 28 does have the only two traffic lights in town. That makes it a busy thoroughfare, right? Right???<\/p>\n
Now I’m going to go back to watching construction vehicles push dirt around as part of the road construction in our neighborhood. <\/p>\n
Or maybe I’ll check on the squirrels collecting food for the winter. They’ve been enjoying gathering up half-eaten apples from our trees, and tucking them in all sorts of interesting places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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