The neighbor 3 blocks away
The Sillies & Beverly George Approaching the brick two-story house on Sundance Lane built just three blocks from my own home in this vanishing North Texas prairie, I see an odd little lady perched on a bench outside the front door. She wears a turquoise house dress. Way too much blue eye shadow. And her "oh" shaped mouth is painted a deep red as she peers out at the neighborhood over a newsletter with the printed words "Corona Virus". Silly Nosy Rhona spys on her neighbors over the Covid News . My daughter once lived in this same house. My third grandchild was born in this house. I like to walk past it remembering all the happy times we had here. The cheerful laughter, the happy birthday parties, the touch of those tiny little hands and hiding Easter eggs under that frail little tree... which I now see has been trimmed into a thriving shrub. Also in this too-long-neglected front yard someone has planted a splashy group of gladiolus. Once