Tag: neighbors

  • Miracles On An Icy Road

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    We witnessed a miracle this evening. Actually, we witnessed several. At one point we had 5 vehicles and a FedEx truck stuck on the hill between our house and two houses down from us. Over a two hour period we had at least 10 vehicles slide into various snow banks in that 150 foot stretch…

  • Universal Holiday Spirit

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    If you do a little searching here my position on Halloween could hardly be described as positive. This year as we partook of the festivities of the day I underwent a marked change in perspective. We spent a couple of hours walking around our new neighborhood with the kids. The older two would run from…

  • First Snowfall

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    Earlier this week, knowing that I would be too busy this weekend, I though to myself that I might only have to mow my lawn once more this season. With the light dusting of snow that we got yesterday I knew there was a chance I would need to clear the driveway this morning of…

  • Feeling Welcome

    Laura and I are very excited about the house we are buying in Bountiful – even before our visit there today. We were visiting the house as part of an inspection and while we were there we were given an invitation to a neighborhood party that the neighbors are throwing for us and the couple…

  • A Real Solution

    For all the political talk about what ails our society and how our “leaders” in Washington can fix it, I think that Peter Lovenheim has identified one real solution that can put everything back into perspective – recapturing the meaning of “neighbor.” He asks this very important question that I’d like to take a stab…