I don't watch TV so I don't know-- where is jbe, our international correspondent? We need an update.
I expect nothing anymore from any country. Isn't that pitiful?
Yesterday Freddy told me that Barron's mentioned Southlake in its latest edition, writing about our new Towne Square, a lovely old-fashioned downtown, designed around a big green and pond with fountain and pavilion where the community band can play, with upscale shops, and restaurants. ANd the new Town Hall will be built at the head of it, with a library. We had no downtown, so we bought one.
Money can buy almost anything.
Freddy said they felt this was the wave of the future-- moving away from strip and shopping malls. It struck me as so sad. Remember Baby Jane, in her ruffles and curls, trying to recapture her past? That's what this reminds me of-- we're trying to bring back the past which we recall, probably not that accurately, as a better, kinder, safer, cleaner time, when it's the insides, the soul, the values that are no longer there-money won't restore those things.
Southlake, Pleasantville in the making. |
