When the weather turned a little cooler, I was anxious to turn off the A/C and let some of that fresh, clean air blow through. One day, after arriving home from a junior varsity game, I saw a flash of movement and knew it was a mouse. Time to get the box of D-Con out in the store room and place it in hidden areas. Knowing the damage that a singe mouse can do, I felt no guilt about plotting for its demise, and what if there were more than one?

A few days later, after returning home, a seemingly dead mouse lay on the floor. I reached for the dust pan and a paper towel to brush him onto the pan. I felt a sharp prick on my finger and realized the little bugger had bent upwards and fastened his teeth into the flesh. Well, I can’t begrudge the rodent a chance for pay back, so I walked quickly outside and shook him loose over the porch railing. Now my thinking ran toward, can a mouse have rabies? With that much D-Con, could its saliva be poisonous? Why am I standing here thinking about these things? Each person does what they think is right for them, so I went to wash my hands good with dish soap and used a good disinfectant.

While I was watching that football game, I watched an ultra-lite plane flying over the packed stadium. While it made me nervous with “what if’s,” I was also envious of the view he had from up there.

There are a couple of ads on TV this week that make me chuckle, but they will never compare to the laugh I got from watching Clydesdales playing football.

Also this week: the controversy over whether to wash the dry beans before putting them to soak. Many years ago, our dry bean pods were laid out on an old carpet and then walked on until they hulled out.

Now, on a hog farm we never know where our shoes might have been so of course the beans are washed before being used.

Another lady told of watching tons of beans sliding down a trough where truck loads had been dumped upstairs. The beans run through a huller and slid down stairs to be bagged, untouched by human hands. So again, it boils down to doing whatever is right for you.

I’ll be spending a few days in Iowa with my sister and I’m trying to decide whether to take warm weather clothes or cold weather. Again what is right for me is to take warm weather and wear hers if the weather is cold.

There are so many on our prayer list but we have really good news from Dottie Bledsoe. She’s able to be back at Ashley Health Center.

The bazaar is taking up a lot of time and effort and we’ll see you on Oct. 13, 14 and 15, or if you’ll join us, we’d love to have you for 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning service at Brightwater Memorial Church.

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Editors note: Edith Lammey has been a resident of the area for nearly 40 years. She can be contacted through The TIMES at 451-1196 or prtnews@nwaonline.

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Opinion, Pages 4 on 09/29/2010