Good Better Best : A Sense of the Familiar

Often times, all it takes is a simple hat trick to help push you over the edge of happiness.  Just a few days back, one of my newly acquired girlfriends and I hit the city.  In fact, we have taken a total of three trips into the city in less than a week!  With our expert navigators unavailable, we accomplished what I like to call an RGB moment.  This is when everything that has come before suddenly shifts from black & white into a full color life!
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What Have I Done : PART 2

Tonight, as I house sit for a woman who has temporarily returned to her country of origin, I heard the horrifying sound of gushing water hitting a concrete floor.  I knew who I could count on for help.  The situation was temporarily resolved and the solution will be taken care of in the morning.  Now, that is my kind of community!

Every expatriate in my small fishing village has brought a skill and passion with them.  Some arrange fundraisers that will help the children in the village attending parochial school or receive a present from Santa at Christmas.  Others are reducing the feral cat and dog populations; finding homes and arranging spay and neuter clinics.  Painting classes are being offered to village children and adults.  A restaurant is turned into a monthly market with booths of wares created or offered by natives and expatriates.  When any municipality system is down, someone will alert the rest of us by making a post or sending out an email.  If the internet is down, an informal phone tree begins.  One expatriate woman maintains a record of all the emergency contacts of those who give her their information.  Another group has shared the procedure for filing a police report for a burglary, and updates us on their dialogues with authorities in our area. 

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