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Don’t Shoot the Messenger

This stranger, rain or shine, snow or hail, more religiously than I prayed as a child, lifted the flap and dropped letters into my family’s home.
December 11, 2025

The Stuff of Life

A whole-hog way of seeing.
December 4, 2025

Confessions of a Bad Neighbor

They filled our shared porch with plants in beautiful stone pots.
October 10, 2025

The Power of Proximity

In television and movies, heroes often push away the ones they love, because relationships can be obstacles or endangering for one or both parties. But what if love is not…
October 28, 2020

Florida Man Turns Out to be a Good Neighbor

“Florida man” is the source of many ridiculous headlines. So many that now there is a “game” you can play by typing your birthday and “Florida man” into Google to…
September 9, 2019

The Neighborly Arts

The neighborly arts begin at home, extend outward in service to others, and return in the form of gratitude, friendships, and commitments born of practical skills shared and received.
Mark T. Mitchell
April 26, 2010

After the Econolypse

Hamilton, Ontario. When remembering a family-owned grocery store in rural Virginia, a first image comes to mind, even though I did not actually witness it. This is my boss, a…
January 7, 2010