Dodging Neighbors with Ernest Hemingway
All you have to do is have one true hiding place. Find the truest hiding place you know.
Tag: Neighbors
Neighbor, I See Your Little Watering Hose and Raise You This Mighty Power-Washing Wand
At 8 PM on Thursday, my basketball hoop is going to look brand-spanking new. I don’t have to care about your family or your kids.
I Am the Sticky Brown Kitchen Cabinets and All the Other Bad Choices Landlords Make with Their Rental Properties
Not only are my kitchen cabinets sticky and brown, but they contain condos for giant cockroaches who never pay HOA dues.
I’m That Fixer-Upper House in an Up-and-Coming Neighborhood, But Beware, I’ve Seen a Lot of Orgies
I used to have 30-45 people in me at once and not a bit of noise bothered the neighbors. Hey! That’s another thing: I’m very noise-proof!
I Promise to Do Something That Scares Me Every Day as Long as Minor Accommodations Are Made for My Safety and Well-Being
I will eat at a restaurant alone, as long as I can tell a friend to show up ten minutes after I’m seated and join me.
An Open Letter to Extroverts from Introverts During This Holiday Season
These last ten months of social distancing, mask-wearing, and air-hugging have to have been especially tough on extroverts.
Goosebumps Books for Unprecedented Times
"It Came From QAnon" Beware the Forums! – New neighbors can be so strange. At least, that's what Oaklyn Barnes thinks when she meets the Martins.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Again, And This Time I’m Not Unshrinking Them until You Promise Not to Leave Me
Don’t worry, I’ve left them with enough food to last several weeks, which in this case is a bottle cap of water and a couple of croutons.
I’m the Friend from a Prestige Documentary, and You’d Have Missed the Red Flags Too
Jess was always really happy. It’s just that she was usually too sad to show it. And I should know, as her best friend since fourth grade.
Nextdoor Posts in Stephen King Novels
Whoever is driving around a 1958 Plymouth Fury and running people over, you are being very RUDE! It is LATE!
The Unexpected Poetry of Nextdoor Digest
Today's Top Posts: what's with all the fireworks? / Please use less lighter fluid / Little Library burned / Home Swim Lessons / Free Aloe!!
A Year of Children’s Birthday Parties
Riker, age 2 Theme: Toy Story Drinks: Miller Lite Damage: The moms nearly caught us dads vaping in the garage.