Driving along and seeing litter snapping by me along the edge of the roadway distresses me. My way of addressing this is to collect and properly dispose of what litter I can. To this end, I regularly stop to pick up cans, bottles, and whatnot on the country road leading to my house. I also collect litter along Lake Helena Drive and will grab litter elsewhere if it annoys me enough—especially big things such as whole bags or big boxes alongside the road.
A few days ago, I saw a mattress from a single bed lying
conspicuously in the grassy barrow near the Masonic Home in the valley. Feeling
sufficiently annoyed, I stopped and dragged the mattress up closer to the road.
My intent being to toss it my truck the next time I drove the truck to town on
that route.
Yesterday, I drove my truck by the place where I
left the mattress and found that someone else had picked it up.
I love it when that happens!
—Mitchell Hegman
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