There he got out the luncheon-basket and packed a simple meal, in which, remembering the stranger's origin and preferences, he took care to include a yard of long French bread, a sausage out of which the garlic sang, some cheese which lay down and cried, and a long-necked straw-covered flask wherein lay bottled sunshine shed and garnered on far Southern slopes.

~ Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame Baskets Bread Food Meals Picnics Sausage Slopes Sunshine

Our community deserves leaders who should know what debates and arguments are better conducted out of the public eye, instead of dumping their baskets of dirty laundry all over the internet. Our community deserves leaders who do not put political expedience or convenience before their commitments to those they supposedly represent. Our community deserves leaders who do not make about-turns on issues such as freedom of speech and accountability to the community they serve when it becomes too embarrassing for them, or too uncomfortable. Our community deserves leaders who can and want to work together, not fling their handbags at each other, hissing like drama queens.

~ Christina Engela

Christina Engela About Turns Accountability Arguments Baskets Commitments Community Conducted Convenience Debates Deserves Dirty Laundry Drama Queens Dumping Embarrassing Fling Freedom Of Speech Handbags Hissing Internet Issues Leaders Political Expedience Public Eye Represent Supposedly Uncomfortable Work Together