I was going to write about the sorry state of public discourse these days. Who thinks it's right to scream at people in public? What's wrong with these people??
Then I was going to go much lighter and -- after a discussion this morning with similar-aged co-workers -- write about the great nighttime soaps of the 1980s. Dallas, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing and Dynasty. It was a simpler time when you could get back at an enemy just by ruining his grape crop.
But, after a drive over to Riverside Center to take a new photo of the medical school construction, I decided to write about the joys of living in the Roanoke Valley. This really is a great place. And those who don't appreciate it need to look around. We have a fabulous new art museum downtown -- and a fabulous downtown itself. Too many restaurants to get to in a month's worth of lunches. Too much to see and do in the region in an average weekend.
Complain about air service, but then spend more than an hour trying to make your plane in Atlanta or Chicago, and you'll appreciate the convenience of Roanoke Regional. Complain about local government and civic leaders, but they've given us the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center, Center in the Square, the Higher Education Center and Riverside Center.
To bring this discuss back to where I started it, it is quite impressive to drive back behind the office buildings and the new Carilion Clinic to the parking lot. That's where it dawned on me that the dreams of many are coming true. Where there wasn't much of anything for years, now there are attractive buildings, employing people, finding cures, soon to be training new doctors.
Happy Labor Day
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