To the Point

By Bunny Norville


We are seeing signs of fall in the daily weather patterns, and we are feeling the temperature changes, especially early mornings. Welcome! Those hottest days of summer are gone, we hope, at least. Of course Sunday was a sweaty reminder that the Weather Maker is still in charge.

Farmer’s Market, what can I say. It’s not dead, at least the idea isn’t. There was one lonely table Saturday morning, with some vegetables, too. Possibly folks look first for the burritos, if they aren’t there, they drive on by. M A we miss you. Munday’s resident expert on wild flowers was there with a box of wild flower seed. I doubt if the famous Las Angeles Farmer’s Market has someone like our own expert.

We are not giving up on the idea of having a downtown market place, be it vegetables, crafts, or fleas. The main idea is to get folks out and about, especially downtown where we still have a few businesses. Some of them are even open on Saturday. By getting this started we hope to attract more people to move to Munday and more businesses to locate in Munday. Think positive.

I attended a workshop recently about becoming a “Certified Retirement Community.” The total program was upbeat, encouraging to small towns like Munday, and presented as a possibility. Other than filling in this lengthy application and coming up with a little money, we need to accomplish a few things to bring Munday into a competitive-minded mode. The main thing is, Munday has to want it. If Munday as a whole doesn’t want it, then all the work some of us do will be in vain. This application will bring out the wants and want nots of Munday citizens.

We hope to get many of our own exes to retire to Munday without the certified route. Even then we need to show our exes we want them and we are trying to improve our situation here. If those who don’t recognize the “situation” could move away from Munday for awhile and then move back, they would see what so many of us who have moved back saw and continue to see.

Munday has changed in ways that people who have never lived away from Munday do not see. thesse changes have occured over time, so slowly that people havn’t even noticed them taking place. But someone who has been away for some time can see the changes.

I mention the DQ so often that you probably think I live there. No, I just eat there, too Much. Anyway I was there for lunch last Saturday and witnessed a random act of kindness. There was an older couple eating at a booth and one of them evidently had spilled a drink on one of the benches. Before I could even process what had happened a woman, who was in line in front of me, went back to the kitchen area and found a wash cloth and a plastic container. She went to where the couple were sitting and proceeded to wipe up the icy spill. No doubt she had done it at her house many times before. I’m sure everyone would know her if I mentioned her name. But since I failed to get her permission to use her name, I won’t embarrass her by printing it.

In your daily walk how many acts of kindness do you see? Maybe you see so many that one act alone doesn’t even register. Munday is a friendly town, that’s why a lot of peole like it. In case you didn’t know, people do say that about Munday. Munday, keep on being friendly and keep on doing those acts of kindness. They don’t have to be random, make them regular.

Woodworkers, or those who want to become a woodworker, we need to have a meeting. I’m going to say this up front: we don’t need to over organize the thing. Over organizing can ruin a good thing early. I’ll explain what I’m talking about if you want me to. Let’s meet at the DQ Wednesday morning, September 9 for lunch at 11:30. Call me if you can come, or if this is not a good time. Just call me and tell me you are interested, 421-3334. You don’t really need a lot of tools to be a part of this club. But let’s meet and talk about what, how, when, where, and any other question that comes up.

In the mean time say good things about Munday. And if you can’t think of good things to say about a Munday citizen, just don’t say anything. Let’s create an atmosphere of kindness all around us. If we can do that, we will all be blessed. If you are a stick in the mud, just don’t say anything, let others enjoy the blessings of being kind.