Tag: Neighborhood
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Shake Down
The weather is beautiful today. I sat on the porch for a while listening to music and drinking protein. There’s a man in the neighborhood with a riding lawnmower. He drove it from the block on the opposite corner of the streets and onto my neighbor’s lot. He proceeded to mow about half of the…
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Halloween 24
Tonight I handed out candy and snacks for about an hour and a half. It was cold but it was worth it. I live in a good neighborhood, very diverse. Dressing up and giving out trick or treats lets me be hospitable. As my hands got colder and the wind tried to blow the chairs…
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Environmental Justice
I got a survey request from the city about what ways our environmental justice grant should be spent. It took about twenty minutes and was all open ended questions. I love giving government types my opinion and this one was especially satisfying because it’s local and my ideas might not be aggregated to determine if…
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The Large Items Are Gone
I probably shouldn’t be shocked that strangers came through for me when they said they would. The neighborhood action team removed the futon and mattresses without needing anything further on my part. This is a good place to live. In other news my morning is going pretty smoothly. My youngest son wanted a bath until…
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Haul It Away
About once every six month our neighborhood takes large items to the dump for free. I have never tried to do this before so I don’t really know if putting a futon and some old mattresses on our front lawn will have the desired effect of getting them off the property. That is the theory…
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Spring Weather
It’s a decent day out. We’ve got the door and windows open and the house fans on. Cosmos has been in and out exploring the neighborhood several times. Magic is sitting at the door observing the neighborhood. She’s less curious than her sister because she explored last year. It’s a good place to be.
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Neighborhood Convenience Store
My wife wanted creamer for her coffee. I wanted a Vanilla Coke. My youngest son is feeling better after being sick for weeks and was up for a walk and some treats. So we walked to the convenience store. He got treats. I got treats. My wife got a treat. Sadly they do not have…
Latter Day Sinner 