http://taoofchange.com/2007/08/02/chicks-in-the-city-down-on-the-farm-comes-to-town/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:46:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1-alpha http://taoofchange.com/2007/08/02/chicks-in-the-city-down-on-the-farm-comes-to-town/#comment-96 phyllis diehl Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:00:08 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/2007/08/02/chicks-in-the-city-down-on-the-farm-comes-to-town/#comment-96 i couldn't agree more with your blog today...i too, have noticed the large "empty big houes" where are the children playing? where is the sound of people laughing, talking, calling their children in? where are the smells of baked goods? i see large yards with playground equipment, and no children. empty houses. do these people crave privacy so much? i too crave the friendliness of our small neighborhood. i live in a small condo. and when the neighbors are walking the dogs, i pop out for a conversation. i knocked on a neighbor yesterday, couldn't open the wine. i live in a nieghborhood, that has neighbors and the good noise of laughing and conversation. i am with you tracey, what happend to the word "cozy" "neighborly" "stoop sitting" "walking" ect. thank you for your important thoughts. i couldn’t agree more with your blog today…i too, have noticed the large “empty big houes” where are the children playing? where is the sound of people laughing, talking, calling their children in? where are the smells of baked goods? i see large yards with playground equipment, and no children. empty houses. do these people crave privacy so much? i too crave the friendliness of our small neighborhood. i live in a small condo. and when the neighbors are walking the dogs, i pop out for a conversation. i knocked on a neighbor yesterday, couldn’t open the wine. i live in a nieghborhood, that has neighbors and the good noise of laughing and conversation. i am with you tracey, what happend to the word “cozy” “neighborly” “stoop sitting” “walking” ect. thank you for your important thoughts.

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