My thoughts right now are about our ever-changing neighborhoods, physical or virtual, starting circa 2,000 after 33 years of living in the South. Our family returned to Pennsylvania so that we might live, work and engage in a local community. In the post paranoia of W's 9-11 presidency, I traveled internationally to see other cultures up close, became a grandmother, ran for and served in local government, and since not much changed after serving, sought human bonding elsewhere.