Okay, a mystery: The man next door (yes, the one who makes me somewhat crazy) never puts out garbage cans anymore, or the recycling ones either, on garbage day. I’m pretty sure I’d have noticed since I’m walking around the block at all hours. There’s been a lack of cans at his house for I think a month or more. Does he eat it? Does he produce no garbage whatsoever? Does he take it to work? (He leaves in his truck every day about 5 am.) I haven’t seen any signs of him burning it, inside or out.

He didn’t move away. It has been quieter there recently, but there’s his cars in the driveway all the time, still. I never see the woman I assumed was his wife. And now that I recall, I thought something was off when I saw a plastic milk bottle on his lawn, blown there one day of terrific wind, remain there for ages and was there every time I walked past and thought to look for it. I was about to pick it up but I decided to see if he was still being so meticulous about his lawn. Apparently not.

Tomorrow’s supposed to be nice and sunny so maybe he’ll have his dog tied outside in the afternoon. Sometimes when the dog’s outside, he’s out too, working on the yard. I’ll look for him.