Neighbor. Late 80’s. Woman. Frail. Slow. Once Sophisticated. Clearly well read.

Neighbor. Late 80’s. Woman. Frail. Slow. Once Sophisticated. Clearly well read. Always looks proper.

I make a little time now and then to talk with her about what she’s reading, or just inquire about her day.

Remarks to someone else “Curt talks to me.”

Which I consider odd. Of course I talk to her.

People from small towns do these things.

Gentlemen do these things.

It’s not charity, its investment in civil society.

The question is, why it’s odd that people talk to her.

It shouldn’t be.