C Note(s)

I'm not Catholic or religious by any means, but there is some value in the 'love thy neighbor' adage. Nowadays, I can tell you a majority of neighborhoods, at least in the Seattle metroplex, that people have lived next to each other for years without introducing themselves or even know their names! Gone are the days of the sense of community, which saddens me greatly. Growing up my niche of the world was a tight-knit community in which we all know of each other in the cul-de-sac. We were proud to call each other neighbors. We might not necessarily the best of friends, or even entered each other's homes, but damn, at least we knew of each other. And, I vowed to myself, that if I ever own a home, and in a neighborhood, I would add to the sense of community once I arrived, or start to build it if none existed. I was gonna love thy neighbor, and demonstrate to others how to do it, too. Last week, I moved into a house I purchased in Lake Stevens in a cul-de-sac,...