Ricky Rap: Can you ever have too many reusable grocery bags?

Despite the numerous reusable grocery bags in his Virgil home Rick Mills often finds himself juggling his groceries

A rare occasion when Rick Mills actually remembered to bring some reuseable bags to Phil's Independent.

Ricky Rap is a list of 10 thoughts and offerings from Niagara’s own Rick Mills. Retired from more than 30 years of management in the steel industry, he continues pastoral ministry here in town. Ricky Rap, he says, is intended to help us to believe in and laugh at ourselves.

1. I counted.

2. 47.

3. Grocery bags between the house and garage.

4. Isn’t uncommon to find myself at Phil’s Grocer in Virgil without a bag.

5. Doing checkout thinking people are all aware of my bagless plight.

6. Walk to the car has been precarious at times.

7. Have yet to drop anything.

8. You might be thinking…

9. “Just buy a bag!”

10. Cathy says I can’t buy anymore.