Visiting spirits or... ?

So... a few months ago a neighbor asks me if I've seen anybody suspicious around her home as she is missing some stuff. I asked her what was taken and she says over $15,000 in cash! Well, I had not seen anybody suspicious... other than the one or two vehicles that often visit her.

About a month or so after that she tells me that somebody is definitely breaking into her house because some other stuff is missing. Then two days ago she sees me outside and asks the same question and is interested in getting a neighborhood watch going. This time she is missing three bottles of prescription drugs.

I ask her if there has been any signs of forced entry and she tells me that there is not. Further, she assures me that she has installed new deadbolts on her doors (in case anybody might have original keys - it is a rental ;property) and that she has secured all of the windows.

So... am I sharing this with you because I am concerned that a possible crime wave has entered Deception Gulch? No, I am not. There is a little bit more information to share on this situation.

A few weeks ago this same neighbor knocked on our back door obviously in an extremely altered state trying to sell us some, shall we say, "illegal substances"! This person was stumbling with her words, weaving as she stood at our door and basically way over the limit of whatever she was on. I have known her for many years and have seen her in many altered states but never like this.

After we were able to assure her we were not nor ever had been interested in her offer, she stumbled away from our door heading in the opposite direction of her home. I decided to follow her to make sure she got off our property safely only to discover that he wandered into another neighbor's yard and was completely unsure of her whereabouts... she was totally lost and only 100 feet from her home!

Time passed and when she asked me for the second time about "suspicious" visitors in the neighborhood I questioned her about her recent episode at our home... she drew a complete blank. To this day she has no recollection of that incident!

This afternoon she called me wanting to organize a neighborhood watch. I don't think we need a neighborhood watch as much as we may need to watch this particular neighbor!

But then... sometimes that's life in Deception Gulch.

Maintain, co-exist and; Rise Above It All!
T.F.O.T.H.

Maintain...

So much has transpired since my last post. Both in my life and the life of Jerome as well as Deception gulch! Friends and family members have literally moved on to new realms.  I'll just leave it at that...

It is now May and Spring has finally arrived and the freshness of the immediate environment is a welcome change for our little neighborhood. The national political scene seems so far away from this place and I have to say that I find that a comfort. Living so close to nature as we do here in the Gulch helps to provide a healthy perspective to what is real and important.

I have decided to attempt to update this blog on a regular basis and I suppose we'll just have to see how that progresses! For now I can say that life is good and future is looking better. I hope you are able to say the same about your life.

Until the next time...

Maintain, co-exist and; Rise Above It All!
T.F.O.T.H.