The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: neighbor

  • One Very Close Shave

    So, I’ve been house hunting in the cutthroat Seattle market. After three rejected bids, two of which were soul-crushing, I was sorely tempted to give up. But I don’t really have that luxury. If I don’t lock down a steady mortgage payment, my rent is bound to increase way beyond my means. So I resigned…

  • There Goes the Neighborhood

    I’ve been house hunting, and I can tell, almost immediately, if I’d be a good fit for a neighborhood. If there are wide expanses of manicured lawns, I definitely will not fit in. And I would chafe under rules that dictated what color I paint my mailbox. I’m not a “keep up appearances” kind of…

  • What’s a Brother to Do?

    Hi! Blue here. Mom needed a day off from this blog. And who can blame her, after what my little brother has put her through? Last night she came home after a very stressful 12 hour shift to find an anonymous nastygram on the front porch. “Your dog has been barking for the past 2…

  • Crossing the Rat Man

    It all seemed harmless at first. I came home one day and there was a cauliflower and a note on my front porch. “I had an extra one, and I didn’t want it to go to waste. Hope you like cauliflower. Your backyard neighbor, Jim.” I thought, “How sweet.” The cauliflower looked to be in…