Despite all that is going on, too-tall walls and fences, and trees
and Bob Hope Airport, life is good and continuing for most of us who
live here in our dear Burbank.
While watering my front yard in the mornings I have met a darling
neighbor and her husband and their dog.
Jack and Wilma Herman walk their dog, Missy, from their home on
Griffith Park Drive to the doughnut shop on the corner of Magnolia
Boulevard and Keystone Street -- my street -- and up to Chandler and
back home every morning. Jack recently has experienced surgery and he
and Missy often sleep in lately, but Wilma has continued to walk.
Jack has fashioned a "trash stick" for Wilma out of a broom handle
with a cut-off nail on one end. As she walks, Wilma 'sticks' all the
stray pieces of trash and cigarette butts she encounters. By the time
she gets to my house she has the plastic market bag that she carries
with her pretty well full.
Now folks, that is what I call a good neighbor and we should all
be grateful to Wilma.
Too bad more walkers are not following in her footsteps, so to
speak.
Thank you, Wilma.
BARBARA MARKS
Burbank
