Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
It’s me. I am a weird neighbor magnet. Wherever I go, there they are. The child next door — either the ten year old or the 45 year old — is a die-hard Jackson Five fan and I have been listening to, “One More Chance,” nightly for two weeks. If [...]
A girl-child climbed the three flights of stairs to my apartment on Monday afternoon. She knocked on the storm door and tried to peer through the screen into the house. I stood up from the couch and said hello, startling her. She hadn’t noticed me sitting there. I walked to [...]
It is 9 AM on just another sunny morning in the Manoa Valley of Honolulu. On a quiet suburban street, a woman is walking her dog. They are crossing the driveway to an apartment complex when, without breaking stride, the dog drops his business on the pavement. Smack in the [...]
You’ll never guess who called wanting to know when I’d be by to take her shopping. [...]
So much for being the heart and hands of Jesus (see previous post). You’ve all heard tales of the drunk neighbor I take shopping. Well, since she moved last January, technically she is only my neighbor in the biblical sense, but I have still been taking her shopping once each [...]