Close encounters of the neighbor kind

I suspect that one of our next-door neighbors probably believes that I all I ever do is attend to the garbage and recycling barrels.

That’s because 90 percent of the times we see one another I am doing exactly that. Of course, 90 percent of the times I see her she is walking her dogs. So perhaps walking her dogs is all she ever does.

Anyway, I told my wife that the neighbor in question must assume I lead a full, rich life of tending to the garbage barrels. That made her chuckle. So I sent our dog walking neighbor an email in which I shared my theory about appearing to be a crazy old man obsessed with the trash and recycling.

Our neighbor wrote back, saying she planned to get me garbage bags for Christmas.