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Neighbourly neighbours
There was an item on the news this morning about people not knowing their neighbours. Times have changed; we live private lives and rarely communicate with our neighbours. Some wouldn't recognise them if they saw them, and those they know they wouldn't trust with the key to their front door.
I must be fortunate. I know many of my neighbours and would trust all of them with my house keys. Two things distinguish the area. One is that the properties have open plan front gardens; the other is that few move from the area. There is a community spirit because people see each other; they do not stay hidden in their homes. They cut their grass, clean their cars and walk their dogs.
The neighbours who installed the back gate last week now have a dog. This afternoon I heard the wife saying Good boy several times in the way people reserve for pets. The gate must have been, not to keep foxes out, but to keep dogs in.
Thought for today
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
Cervantes, The Dialogue of the Dogs, 1613
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