Heart Hope by Olga

The construction on the roads is finally over….at least for now. There were months of delays and rerouting, stopping and starting, waiting and watching, but the first batch of round-a-bouts in Edwards is finished until spring arrives in the Valley.   During the construction there was every type of dirt mover possible working on the roads. First there were diggers and scrapers, there were movers and shakers, and there were rollers and lifters. Now I am quiet sure that each of these machines have a technical name, such as excavators and backhoes, which my grandson would probably be able to name, but as for me, I just recognize them for what they do.  You are probably wondering where in the world I am going with this blog, but hang in there because I do have a purpose. Just as these pieces of equipment were needed to make the road ready for us to use, in ancient times, there were people who went ahead of the kings to take out the boulders and fill the potholes before the ro...

The Obama stimulus money is at work in our community. It is being used to put in a series of round-abouts, so there are construction workers at every intersection directing traffic. I have gotten to where I pass them often enough to recognize them and wave, but that is obviously not the case with everyone. The signs are 2-sided with “stop” on one side and “slow” on the other. Recently I observed two cars either unknowingly or perhaps on purpose ignore the stop sign of the construction worker. (They must have been from Texas, because Texans get blamed for everything and since I claim that citizenship, I can poke fun at them.) The worker was clearly upset because of the unlawful behavior of the drivers, so in order to try and restore some semblance of dignity to her job, as I obediently followed her instructions, I rolled down the window of my car and said, “Thank you for doing a difficult job.” It seemed to make her day as she smiled back at me and waved. Of course I began thinking abo...