Theme Week: Neighbors helping neighbors
Every week we pick a theme to explore in more depth, and this week that theme is green community. To read all our posts related to this theme, click here. In the neighborhood where I live, the streets are fairly quiet and the homes are quite old, most of which were built around the 1930's and 40's. Some of my neighbors have been here for many years and are generally kind, reasonable people. For these reasons, I consider myself lucky, especially when it comes to neighborly relations.
Keeping friendly with your neighbors is much more than just a social activity, it can benefit you in terms of those times when you might need help with anything at all. Frequently, neighbors will trade services with each other, such as mowing the lawn for an elderly neighbor or consolidating grocery visits or carpooling. Last year, my neighbor and I traded "goods"; I gave him eggs from my chickens and he gave me produce from his garden. Being neighborly is something that, in my opinion, we as a culture have drifted away from, and it's nice to realize how helpful we can all be to one another.
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