17 thoughts on “Arbie Goings, Grave Wrangler.

  1. A writer born in Florida, MO, had some thoughts on long-term planning for the Father of Waters:

    One who knows the Mississippi will promptly aver — not aloud, but to himself — that ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, cannot tame that lawless stream, cannot curb it or confine it, cannot say to it, Go here, or Go there, and make it obey; cannot save a shore which it has sentenced; cannot bar its path with an obstruction which it will not tear down, dance over, and laugh at.

        1. It got blowed up real good a couple of times, but each time the aqueduct has been rebuilt bigger and stronger. It's pretty damned discouraging watching our trees die so folks down south can fill their pools and wash their cars.

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