Michelle popped on my blog last night, and said, "Is that really the last time you posted?"  Yep, it's been a super busy week.  I've actually thought of multiple items to blog, but alas, I'm not getting enough work done as it is.  This story is likely to continue . . .

Anyway, we did have our little block party last weekend.  Good times.  I'm sorry that we waited until the end of summer to do it - I'd bet we would have been out there another two or three times throughout summer if we had started sooner.  Oh well, there's always next year.

I won't get into counting numbers here, but about half of the homes that were invited had someone show up.  Not bad.  We heard some cool stories and some strange stuff, too.  Here are some random tidbits that we observed:

• As the newcomers to the block (only a year and a half), we were surprised at how long some of the folks have lived here: 30 years, 19 years, 13 years . . . wow. 
• Multiple times were heard various people say, "You know, we used to do this kind of get together all the time."
• One of our neighbors actually said, "Wow, that's not really that bad . . ."  This in response to the conversation that discussed the two or three shootings and the home invasion on our block that have happened over the years.  Mind you, we live in middle class suburbia here.  I'm not naive enough to think that stuff like that doesn't happen, but . . .
• The divorce rate on our block is alarming.  Sad. 

I'll leave it at that.  It was good to connect with people, to learn some names, to hear the stories.  I'm looking forward to more times like that.  I've got a lot to learn from the people I live with.

posted by Steve at 6:14 AM
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