GS-At the Christmas celebration, I overheard my daughter-in-law proudl…

hired a local handyman by claiming she was the owner and had misplaced her keys.

What she did not account for was the neighborhood.

Coastal towns have a way of watching without seeming to watch. Curtains move. Dogs bark. Men with snow shovels know which cars belong and which do not. My next-door neighbor, Mr. Higgins, was a retired railroad worker with continue reading …