I usually don’t title my columns each week, but if I were to, this one would be titled “Small town spirit: from column to real life”. A couple of weeks ago, I sat down at my kitchen table which often serves as my desk because I have first of all, a nice view, and second of all, plenty of natural light there, and wrote one of those “isn’t small town life the best” kinds of columns. I noted at that time that one of the best things about small towns is how people step up for their community members when its needed. Well, the universe must have decided I needed a little live action view of exactly what I wrote about because last week, my house became Exhibit A.

There’s this new thing. It’s the biggest thing. Every country loves it and claims it as their own. The future will look at this moment and divide history into two sections: Before and After.