New Column: Who's Who in Phoenix Town
Introducing our newest columnist...
Hello Neighbors,
We’re relieved to share that all newsletter recipients have successfully received our previous newsletter in the mail. Phoenix Town community members continue in their efforts to repair the aforementioned TelCom distribution method, and have made some exciting improvements. In the meantime, the CCC is thrilled to announce a new edition to our newsletter format and would like to introduce our new column, “Who’s Who in Phoenix Town” written by our new columnist, LaRon A. Pettyman:
Hey Neighbors,
I’m LaRon A. Pettyman, and I’m excited to be spearheading a new column for the networking majority who want to have the scoop on the Phoenix Town social scene. Each week, I’ll feature interesting facts about notable locals you should know. In our inaugural column, we’re starting with none other than Morgan Pleet.
Morgan Pleet is somewhat of a rising star on the culinary scene. The 27-year old, originally from the former city of Houston, Texas, has quickly emerged as a standout among her peers with her blend of traditional techniques and innovative flavors. Morgan is a recent graduate of the Phoenix Town Culinary Institute where she showed unusual promise in stews, casseroles, braises, and fricassees. She’s even earned the nickname, “Morgan the Scallion” for her signature garnish of scallions and chives.
Here in Phoenix Town, Morgan is the head coach of the local high school volleyball team. She is a frequent competitor in Phoenix Town’s “Too Damn Hot Annual Chili Cook-Off,” in which she continues to hold the title of First Prize winner, five years running.
I’m LaRon A. Pettyman with Who’s Who in Phoenix Town. Stay tuned and stay up.
Neighborhood Watch | “you’re in the way.”
This week’s message from Neighborhood Watch was channeled by Paris Lobel*
when time’s are rough/things don’t go your way/don’t know what to do/don’t know what to say/we could help you keep your troubles at bay/oh, our dear darlings/but you’re in the way
all of your worries and each of your fears/every thought that you think nobody hears/you turn to your family, your friends, and your peers/but oh, our dear darlings/we stay ever near
surrender, surrender; your trouble will cease/we offer you comfort, we offer you peace/oh, our dear darlings/we beg of you, please/open your heart and your hands and release
We love you. You are seen and sustained.
—Your Neighborhood Watch
News & Events About Town
The annual New Year’s Clean Up is underway, taking place from January 16th to the 23rd! Come join other community members as they collect last year’s trash. You are also encouraged to schedule a time for volunteers to come pick up your last year’s trash. Acceptable items include:
unwanted christmas gifts
used party favors and decor
leftover Mac and cheese made by your in-law who had no business cooking
old gifts from your ex
pictures of your ex
discarded wrapping paper
your ex
spent glitter
your idea to start a podcast in the new year (this item will be collected exclusively from cisgender heterosexual males)*
doubts, fears, and limiting beliefs
broken ornaments
butter boards
To schedule your trash pickup, call 1-700-PIK-IT-UP.
New Neighbor Spotlight | Colleen Pritcher
Originally from: Nashville, TN
Aided in The Fall: by luring american government officials to their (swift and varied) deaths
Favorite Color: Lemon Blue
Favorite Song: Tiptoe Through the Tulips by Tiny Tim
Hobbies: lying in wait, going on dates, and luring strangers into sealing their fates
Horoscopes, January 19 | by James Baldwin
Lord,
when you send the rain
think about it, please,
a little?
Do
not get carried away
by the sound of falling water,
the marvelous light
on the falling water.
I
am beneath that water.
It falls with great force
and the light
Blinds
me to the light.
This Week’s Community Action - Okay, don’t like freak out or anything but turn around very slowly and you’ll see it. But you CAN’T freak out. Promise?
This has been your bi-weekly newsletter.
—I’m your Neighbor, Sasha Banks. Under the eyes of the future.
image one, photographed by Patricia Gutiérrez Monllor
image two, unknown
poem, “Untitled” by James Baldwin
"Morgan the Scallion" - I can't~!