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So much goodness

Posted on | July 28, 2006 |

Sweet cantaloupe for breakfast, like golden crescent moons on our plates, and tonight a dinner party with our neighbors. Red wine by the glass full, thai noodles, chicken grilled to perfection. Laughter and unexpected ease. Our neighbors are amazing people. The kind of people I always wished I had as neighbors, but never believed really existed. The kind who say: come over to my house any time, grab a beer if I’m not there or borrow my tractor. The kind who are professional chocolatiers (no kidding, they make amazing tuffles and live just down the road), mechanics, doctors, and athletes, who sit us down and tell us where the local swimming holes are, who to call to get our brush cleared, or how to handle the local skunks (walk right by them, pretending they don’t exist & they won’t spray.) The kind who make authentic German strudel, or go for 25 mile ‘casual’ Sunday bike rides. Yeah. That kind. How did we get this lucky?

Category: A sense of place, Homefront, The foodie in me...

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8 Responses to “So much goodness”

  1. Elaine
    July 28th, 2006 @ 11:59 pm

    AWESOME! I didn’t know they made them that way anymore!

  2. lizardek
    July 29th, 2006 @ 5:39 am

    How did THEY get this lucky?? They have YOU for a neighbor!

  3. Heather
    July 29th, 2006 @ 9:45 am

    I think the luck is being spread both ways..:) They sound wonderful.. You really dont get neighbors like that anymore.. :(

  4. Elizabeth
    July 29th, 2006 @ 10:01 am

    What you put out into the world comes back to you 3-fold!! You have it cause you deserve it, baby.

  5. dcrmom
    July 29th, 2006 @ 10:04 am

    Chocolatiers?? Oh, that’s just too good to be true. I don’t believe you. ;-)

  6. samantha
    July 29th, 2006 @ 11:46 am

    They do sound golden - and better yet, they have YOU next door, too! Enjoy the unfolding of the friendship but just remember that beer and tractors don’t mix, okay? ;)

  7. steph
    July 29th, 2006 @ 9:59 pm

    That reminds me of my favorite book when I was little: Or Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm by Alice & Martin Provensen. In fact, when the neighborhood skunk walks by, ther narrator says “We pretend not to notice her.” Bean must have this book, it’s required reading. esp. in your parts ;)

  8. la vie en rose
    July 30th, 2006 @ 6:30 pm

    awesome!

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