I think part of it is that we are a real community.

In a real community you don't deliberately tick off your neighbors by letting your dog dig up their petunias.

And if you discover that your dog has been digging up the petunias, you don't blame your neighbor or the petunias. You take responsibility for your dog and do your best to make amends.

When your neighbor replaces the ruined petunias with daffodils you graciously accept them.

I have no idea where that came from. But it was a nice break from working on my report cards.


V.