I’m not the biggest country music fan, and I don’t drink beer, but one of my favorite quips I often quote to sum up the absurdity of life is the lyric from country singer Billy Currington’s 2008 hit song “People are Crazy”: “God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.”
Sixty years ago, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson joined the Keep America Beautiful movement, which strived to prevent littering plant flowers, trees, and shrubs; and clean up public places and beautify them by installing murals and artworks.