Guest Commentary

An old Ukrainian was being interviewed by cable and said his name, which apparently in Russian is like John Doe. He said he was hungry. The cable people gave him food.

After tapping the chimes at the Lakeville Post Office (gently, once!) I often admire the mural above the postmaster’s office door, painted in a style popular the last time the world was beset by a madman.

Rural hospitals in Connecticut are having essential services eliminated, putting the health of Connecticut residents at risk. Recently, the labor and delivery unit at Windham Hospital closed and the same unit at Johnson Memorial Hospital was suspended, following closures of more units at Milford and New Milford hospitals.

Pootie Poot, W’s name for Vlad the Impaler, about to be impaled.

And Foreign Secretary Sergei Lavrov.

Hanged from lampposts in Red Square. If there aren’t any, they will be erected.

But don’t put their eyes out, we don’t want them having any Oedipal awarenesses. We want them to see what is happening to them.

Last month, food waste diversion was the focus of “Make Less Garbage.” Getting wet and heavy food scraps out of the garbage stream is a noble and necessary pursuit as Connecticut and other states must address the rising costs and environmental damage of garbage disposal. There is, however, much more to the big picture of waste reduction.

My grandparents lived through the 1918 Influenza as teenagers, but I never heard them talk about it. Historians call it the “The Forgotten Pandemic.” But why was it forgotten, when by most accounts, it was even fiercer than ours?

After reading Sharon Charde’s letter and the editorial on Jan. 27 of the Journal, I have some thoughts about Lakeville-Salisbury.  I decided to write before I put it off and never do.  A New Year’s resolution.

Good news!  Plans are afoot to do something with the Lakeville Train Station. As per the selectmen’s letter of Feb. 2, 2022, a grant is being applied for to determine what is needed to rehabilitate the station’s physical plant and the nearby dam and pond. The application provides more specifics.