Recently, an old friend of mine had a fire. It consumed most of the stuff of his life; lathes, impacts, welders, drills, boxes full of hand tools, new and old, his truck, garage and home.

All these things gone, but not his spirit. He still has that, and lots of it. He’s blessed because of the community where he lives, from the first responder (a neighbor), then the fire and rescue. They were great, awesome. We are all wealthy to have them in our woods. Thank you.

Next, the community at large: Anchor Point and Homer. Donations and an auction, moral support, being invited to stay over until a new bode can be erected. Yes, we are all blessed each day to call this community home.

Thank you all, for my good friend, Bob Sewell. He’s a young 80, and if his community is lucky, we’ll have him around lots longer so he can continue helping those around fix this or that.

My thanks is deep and genuine.

Joey Allred