Back in September we remembered the 20th anniversary of the events of 9/11 (as it’s now known). I’m sure you all remember them well enough. This was the day that four passenger jets were hijacked: two crashing into the Twin Towers, one into the Pentagon Building and one crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. Well over 3,000 people died that day. This was the day that many, many things changed: The United States had been attacked on our soil! Most of us had never experienced this kind of attack and really didn’t know what to feel. We all knew that terrorism was present and much more common in other countries, not in America! Because of this day, the way we do things has changed: we now walk-through scanning devices to enter concerts, sporting events, and most forms of travel. Our carry-on bags are scanned and checked: we cannot carry a container with more than four ounces of liquid. Just yesterday, they took Laura’s jelly on her way home from Asheville. Small pocket-knives and finger-nail clippers are confiscated if we forget them in our bag. In no small way we were given a wake-up call: something quite significant has happened. All would be different from now on.
We had been given a wake-up call.
Read MoreTraffic. We all agree it’s bad and getting worse. Meg and I have started to avoid Highway 64 between Avon Park and Zolfo Springs because it’s getting too congested and dangerous with people passing and so on. And yes, you heard that right; between Avon Park and Zolfo Springs. They’ve approved 8300 new homes inside the city limits of Lake Wales, which means about 24,000 new people, and the only road construction north to Disney, west to Brandon, south to Clewiston and East to Vero Beach is right here in Lake Wales.
If John the Baptist showed up today talking about making paths straight, I’d be tempted to send him out to 60 & 27. (If you know how to navigate that intersection right now, I’m impressed. But we all know it could change at any time.) Or maybe I’d send him to Champion’s Gate.
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