A Woman’s Perspective Was Sorely Missed When Chargers Were Selected

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After I turned in my column last Monday, I was relieved when Editor David wrote back saying I needed to tweak my intro that was profusely apologizing for missing the Water Valley Christmas Parade considering the Water Valley Christmas Parade had not happened yet. I had actually missed Christmas in the Valley and the Cookie Stroll. Those are coinciding events not to be confused with the earlier Holiday Open House. Christmas is overtaking our town and I am getting confused in the process.

The parade was great, as always. There were more Water Vallians in the parade than not in the parade. At this rate, I imagine there might come a day when we reach critical mass and every Water Vallian will be in the parade, throwing candy to a lone stray dog who just happens to be strolling down Main Street.

Another detail I got wrong in my column last week was that the Jay Lee murder trial was boring. As of the writing of my column that morning, it had been. As soon as I pressed “send” on my computer, the trial amped up and the testimony became riveting with videos, timestamps, receipts, timelines and way fewer objections.

While the counties of Lafayette, Yalobusha and Grenada seem to be almost universally frustrated at the results of the lone juror hold-out situation, I’m hopeful that something will come up and Jay Lee’s family will one day get some peace.

Other Valley news worth mentioning is the installation of the two new general-cabin airplane bathrooms in front of Pocket Park! Oh, I’m just kidding. They look much more like mammogram machines or beige refrigerators than airplane bathrooms. Ol’ Pocket Park as really been through some phases, ya know?

I appreciate the hard work it takes to research grants, write grants, get grants, follow through on grants, improve infrastructure, look toward the future in collaboration with others who may have a different view of the future and to do all of that work for probably-free if not at some actual personal expense. So, that being said – was there not a woman in the room when these new electric charging stations were picked out?

Was there not a woman in the room who saw the style options of electric charging stations come up on the electric car charging station webpage when the committee crowded around the computer and did she not lean in and say “Oh no, y’all…My God. That’s too ugly.”

I have no dog in this because for the past seven years I’ve driven a 2012 Prius that holds nine gallons of gas which takes me over 400 miles. I basically get gas on my birthday. The only drawback to that approach to environmentalism is that your teenage children won’t be seen in your car with you. They’d rather walk to Oxford barefoot through a hurricane than be seen in the Prius. So, you can hang out with your kids or you can save the planet. You can’t do both.

So, to the various garden clubs of Water Valley, we’ve never needed y’all as much as we need y’all now! Put a Christmas bow on those things! Some greenery! Anything! And, school girls, get in those STEM classes so that you can be the ones designing the EV charging stations.