I’m biased.

I love Roanoke because I live here, and live here because I love it.

On a similar but much larger scale, the same applies to my feeling on this country. I’m thankful to be living in what I believe is the best nation in the world. All things considered, I think we have it rather good here.

Roanoke is a pretty neat place, but we’re just one city of thousands in this great country.

Sometimes I sit and wonder how many other citizens, in some other cities across the nation, write in the same fashion as I do about their hometown. I certainly hope that number is a lot.

Happy 4th of July!