Parsons should move
to somewhere he likes
When are you going to stop publishing Jim Parsons' rants. According to him, Bella Vista is the most horrible place in the world to live. He doesn't like anything about it.
There are about 30,000 of us who love it here. As far as I know there is no law that demands he stay here, so why doesn't he just move?
Jack Coonce
Bella Vista
Be careful: Small actions
turn into major impacts
When visiting SWEPCO's Eagle Watch Nature Area west of Gentry, my companion and I were greatly saddened to see that the little woodsy area near the entrance had been chopped down, apparently to expand the parking lot. From my perspective, such activities make bad things bigger and good things smaller. This is a widespread phenomenon: chopping, mowing, paving, in little bits and pieces, adding up to great loss of peace and beauty.
We humans are alive, are part of life, are bonded with other life. We miss and are harmed by the loss of wildness, even if we are not consciously aware of such effects, perhaps simply feeling an unfocused hunger or dissatisfaction. We need to hear birds singing, watch fireflies sparking in the evening. We need more than neatly bordered paths.
As I sit here writing this, I hear birds all around -- woodpeckers, wrens, cardinals, others -- singing, pounding, calling. I see and smell spring on her way. The Eagle Watch Nature Area is a lovely little spot for humans needing recharging; it also is home to many wild beings. Such special places are becoming too rare. Folks managing such special spots, whether public or private lands, should tread lightly and think carefully about possible repercussions to their actions before acting. Both human and wild well-being depend on caring hands.
Joanie Patterson
Eureka Springs
Biden's age suggests
attitude of sacrifice
Age gives me a good opinion about Joe Biden.
I suspect he wants to do good by his country, and that's his total motivation. Who would waste the ease of his latter years on politics otherwise? Surely he's proven all he could have wanted to prove? He's the president of the United States, for crying out loud. What else could he be ambitious for?
It would be a mistake to measure what he's attempting now by the experience of younger people. When a person is older, all that's left is time; ambition is meaningless. I suspect our president, instead of taking the rest of his life out in a well-earned vacation, is surrendering it as a last gift to his country.
It's ironic younger people fault him for his age, when it's only his age, his gravity and experience that has kept the Nazis away from our door. Yet the president can't make younger Americans understand this because they've not yet had the experience of old age.
Marianne Beasley
Fayetteville