Tag Archives: Neighbors

Waiting for the Sun

Posted on April 10, 2024 by daeja's view

So many of us get excited by celestial phenomena, and I’m mostly on that train, having repeatedly found myself shivering in my nightgown while standing on a back deck covered in snow – at 2:30 am in sub-freezing temps – … Continue reading →

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Aurora

Posted on July 14, 2023 by daeja's view

If anyone in the immediate neighborhood had looked out their window shortly before midnight last night, they might have seen a woman standing in the center of the street in the middle of a lightning storm, wearing only a long … Continue reading →

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Wandering On and Off The Urban Porch ™

Posted on June 16, 2023 by daeja's view

The smoky skies from the Canadian wildfires had kept Rudi and I off The Urban Porch ™ and sequestered inside for a number of days. Once they cleared, we were especially eager to get out and about. At first, with … Continue reading →

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Bullies

Posted on June 19, 2019 by daeja's view

A few months back, in the wee hours of a Sunday morning following a tribute event for a departed loved one, someone crept up onto our porch and stole one of our wicker chairs while we slept. In the scheme … Continue reading →

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I Found Your Wallet

Posted on September 21, 2018 by daeja's view

It’s the second time in a few short months that I’ve searched out the owner of a missing wallet. The first one showed up in one of our garbage pails, only noticed because the area around the can was surrounded … Continue reading →

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Feral Crap

Posted on November 12, 2011 by daeja's view

I will be blunt and maybe a bit vulgar here – yesterday morning I stepped in cat shit, and that is exactly the word I screamed after stepping in it. Since there are no young children in the house at the moment, I did not yell … Continue reading →

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Fences

Posted on May 9, 2011 by daeja's view

It has been an adjustment getting used to living in a small city, with neighbors dwelling very close by.  Most of the homes on our street, built in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s,  have weathered, stockade fences between them.  However, this house came equipped … Continue reading →

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