Beneath the Wraps

                       It has raining off and on for almost six weeks.   Mostly on, and I'm fine with it, except was hoping it would not be raining between 5:30 and 7:30 last night. Yesterday was quite a busy day for members of our community. Fortunately it was a nice day.   The fire trucks could be heard all day as they offered rides to youth.   At least that’s what I heard.   After we returned home from the breakfast, we pretty much stayed put until about 5:30 and then headed toward downtown Myrtle Creek. The community puts on a light parade the 2 nd Saturday of each December; they’ve been doing it for over 35 years now.   The parade starts in Riddle and goes up to Old Pacific Highway up to Riverside, down Neal, Division and end at Main Street -       - or so I thought. Last year we had w...

        We lived in a different house during Christmas last year. Oregon seems to get really dark.   The street that we lived on was not well lit.   Actually, the entire neighborhood seemed dark - even where the lamp post could be seen.                  Tri City seems to have more light.   There's neighborhood streets that are better lit than others - our current street for example; is not near as dark as our first street.     A lamp post stands in the yard of the neighbors to the west of us.   I think it is the brightest lamp post I have ever seen.                 Downtown Myrtle Creek is usually lit up - particularly at this time of year. We put our Christmas lights up before December started.   Little by Little we have seen other houses and yards bei...