Today and yesterday I tried mowing neighbors yards for free.

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29. Well, now, you just taught me something.

Tennesseans are a lot more like New Englanders than I believed.

I may live in the Pacific Northwest now, but I'm a dyed-in-the-wool yankee, having grown up in MA and NH. My family is Scots & Native American, too. No matter how much we might disagree or feud with neighbors, the grass has to be cut. The driveways have to be plowed. Icedams have to be cleared. Better to work together than to struggle alone, or worse.

Sure, we might disagree 'til the cows come home, but when the power goes out, when there's a blizzard or a thunderstorm, when the roads are impassible, when the elderly neighbor's henhouse needs work, you just show up and do it, regardless of who they're voting for.

Working toward the greater good is always a powerful thing. Keep fighting the good fight.