August 5, 2012

There were 5 posts published on August 5, 2012 (this is page 1 of 1).

Kids’ friends, our friends

Travis made a new friend at his Art4Fun camp a few months ago and asked to set up a play date with him. I took him over to his friend’s home a few weeks ago and they had a wonderful time while I enjoyed chatting with his parents. We invited the family to our home for lunch today and everyone seemed to hit it off.

You can tell a lot about people by studying their children. If a kid instantly becomes fast friends with my kid there’s a good chance that kid’s parents are just as cool.

Considering the people Kelly and I are privileged to call friends, so many of them became part of our lives through the relationships first built by our kids. Some people worry that their social lives will end once they have kids. For us it has been just the opposite!

Letters to Grandma: 27 Sep 1991

[Note: Read this post first for an introduction.]

You can tell how dated this letter is because I say the Arabic countries are actually glad we were there! I’ve also stayed at plenty of hotels for more than $180 a night, though for the small salary I was making as an enlisted sailor that was indeed steep.

It turned out that I didn’t leave the Navy at our port stop in Hawaii but rode the ship back to San Diego before flying home. I was ready to leave California and experience actual seasons again, though California eventually did find its way into my heart.

Friday, 22 Sep 91 [age:22]

Dear Grandma –
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Neighborhood email lists get some love in local paper

The neighborhood list serves I run for East Raleigh neighborhoods got a mention by Matt Garfield in today’s Midtown Raleigh News.

The Belvidere Park & Woodcrest email list has over 300 subscribers and the East Citizens Advisory Council Discussion list has 266 subscribers. The Lockwood neighborhood list has 45 subscribers. I hope these numbers go up as more people discover the power of these communications tools!

Hours after the encounter, an officer called Brooks to thank her for contacting police. He called the arrest “a good catch.”

Contacting police isn’t the only thing Brooks did. After the woman left, Brooks sent an email to the neighborhood list-serv in the East Citizens Advisory Council, alerting dozens of residents to beware of a suspicious person in the area.

The email chain has become a go-to source for many residents. East CAC members discuss everything from dogs running loose on the street to recommendations for plumbers and repairmen.

“It’s a grassroots social network that really does provide a lot of benefit,” said Emrys Treasure, co-chairman of the East CAC. “It’s hard to imagine how the CAC would go without it.”

via Door-to-door act in East Raleigh highlights need for caution – Raleigh – MidtownRaleighNews.com.