The Best Neighbors

 I've included the card from Tom (on the left) and Patty (on the right) because this neighborhood does party together.  We are all ages, all incomes, some retired, some professional.  It is all made possible because both Tom and Patty Hunt make it their business to learn names and wave as neighbors drive by.

This card is so appropriate because we gather on the front porch on Friday nights in the summer and drink wine.  But the best part is the conversation.  We love to have new folks join us and hear their stories.

Often our conversation centers on the books we are reading so this past fall Patty, David and I attended a talk by Sharyn McCrumb, an Appalachian writer of some renown. So Patty and Tom presented me with a singed copy of her latest book.  It continues to amaze me how appropriate these gifts have been.  There certainly has been a lot of thought given to each one.  I will enjoy Ghost Riders.  Thank you, Tom and Patty not only for this gift but for all the wonderful conversations that we have had.  You are the BEST!