Homebodies continued from page 16 “Of course he saw it!” she said. “He couldn’t miss the children and the balloons and the lemonade. It wouldn’t have killed him to stop and buy a glass.” (I don’t think Mr. Jeffries would be invited to live with Sandy and her family should his home ever undergo any renovations.) Shop Around The Block
Tag sales are another event that seems to bring neighbors together. They’re kind of like block parties, only without the food. Our neighbors Bob and Joan held one recently, and my daughter and I stumbled upon it while we were out walking one beautiful summer morning.
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I would have felt rude just passing by, so we ambled up the driveway, casually admiring their “junk,” and stopped to say hi. One of their grown son’s old skateboards caught my daughter’s eye, and when I asked Joan how much it cost, she said, “Please, just take it!” Bob also offered to give us an old computer, and Joan told me to take anything else I liked, but I declined (we’re trying to declutter our own house), and we went on our way. For their generosity, I decided to bake Bob and Joan some brownies. “You didn’t have to do that!” Joan said, when I dropped the plate off the next day. But I was happy to have made the gesture, and I consider it a prelude, a first step, to that cookout I’m going to have someday. ■
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