Phillips County Museum News for Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Rainy Days and . . . wait, what day is it? Today has been one of those drizzly days where it seems like everyone is just facing a series of small cosmic (or comical) struggles. Nothing too serious, but just problematic enough to ensure that everyone is experiencing a small blip of momentary panic or unplanned delays.

It’s almost as if the parched ground itself is taking in that long drink of water and has swollen just enough to trip us up and remind us to slow down, take a deep breath and just look around and enjoy the scenery. To turn off our inner INSTA-PANIC! alert system and take in our surroundings, because it is going to be a long, dusty ride.

This morning was just one of those moments in time when my brain was trying to solve too many problems and once and I felt like I just had no time for any blips or delays. The simplest task on the list suddenly took twice as long as it needed to, and panic was rising. I had 3 or 4 tasks and a lot of ideas but didn’t have enough research done on any one of them to finish anything in time. I had all the puzzle pieces, but the pieces weren’t fitting together.

But, as I was turning on the lights upstairs in the museum, I looked out at the exhibits and was struck by how big and frankly, awe inspiring it was. I saw so many things I hadn’t even noticed before. It suddenly hit me that I didn’t have to put the entire puzzle together. I just needed to look out at the landscape and appreciate what we share here in Phillips County. Come check out the view from 10-5, every Monday through Saturday.