The nearest town puts out a once-a-week newspaper covering regional stories and issues: Businesses, sports, schools, special events. We'll go in every few months and purchase bundles of older papers for $2 each for fire-starters or packing tankards.
I was helping Older Daughter pack some tankards for shipment this week...
...when the headline of a large and prominent article caught her eye: "[Name of grocery store] makes improvements."
Yes, it seems a local grocery store was undergoing renovations, including improved organization, additional shelving units, and new refrigerator and freezer units, which gave the store the opportunity to expand its inventory (kind of a nice thing when town residents are a long way from bigger chain stores).
Well, I thought it was charming to the point of adorable that this information made the newspaper. Stop the presses! A grocery store is getting new shelving and refrigeration units! There was nothing about drug busts, or strings of murders, or terrorist attacks. Nope, one of the biggest news stories of the week was the local grocery store was making improvements.
Just a slice of life in small-town America.
