ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

***       THINK AGAIN 

THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT CLOSING THE SOUTH BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER .

THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE BRIDGE FOR NINE MONTHS IN 2017 TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS . 

MAYBE THEY NEED TO THINK AGAIN .

PEOPLE ARE SAYING THE CLOSURE WILL ADD ONE TO TWO HOURS TO THIER COMMUTE .

CONCERNS ARE THE NORTH BRIDGE CAN NOT HANDLE ALL THE TRAFFIC . A GOOD POINT 

BUT MY CONCERN IS  - YOU KNOW THAT IN NINE MONTHS THREE WILL BE AT LEAST THREE MISHAPS THAT CLOSE THE BRIDGE .

THEN THERE WILL BE NO WAY TO CROSS THE RIVER . 

WILL TRAFFIC BE DIVERTED TO DYERSBURG   OR HELENA ? WHAT A MESS !

BETTER RETHINK THIS ONE BEFORE HAND .

***         ALL THE SAME 

ON OUR RECENT TRAVELS  I WAS STRUCK BY A BOLDT OF ENLIGHTMENT .

NOT IN THE DEGREE OF SAUL ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD BUT AN EPIPHANY  NON- THE -LESS 

THE SMALL TOWNS HAD LOST THIER IDENTITY . THERE WAS NOTING DISTINCT   ANYMORE .

NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SWEETWATER OR MEDINA OR  HUNTSVILLE . 

EVERY THING WAS THE SAME . THE SAME STORES ,MERCHANTS , VENDORS ALL LINED UP . YOU COULD GET THE SAME PRODUCTS EVERYWHERE . 

FOR EXAMPLE  - EATING LUNCH 

IN THE PAST  IN MILAN YOU HAD PAPPY'S

MEDINA - HANDY HOUSE 

DYER - TOOT-N-TELL IT 

TRENTON - FROSTY'S 

AND ON AND ON 

NOW WHEN YOU ROLL INTO A SMALL TOWN IT IS ALL THE SAME NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE . 

MCDONALD'S - BURGER KING - SUBWAY - SONIC - YOU NAME IT .

IT IS THE SAME EVERYWHERE 

SWEETWATER  TENNESSEE OR TEXAS OR ALABAMA OR CALIFORNIA . 

IT IS THE SAME EVERYWHERE . THE SMALL TOWNS HAVE LOST THIER CHARACTER 

WE HAVE BEEN NATIONALIZED !

***       BOOK REPORT 

A VERY VERY GOOD ONE,  IS IN CHRIST ALONE  BY SINCLAIRE FERGUSON 

THE BONE TREE BY GREG ILES 

NO SURRENDER BY BILL GIBBONS 

*** HOLD ON TIGHT TILL NEXT TIME !!!!!!