Yesterday I had met our new neighbors for the first time. As they were moving in, I had walked out and introduced myself. There were three people standing on the sidewalk, who I presumed were the new owners. The man was directing the movers as to which room to place the offloaded items. A woman and a teenage girl were watching and looked totally bored with the proceedings. Sauntering over to the trio, I introduced myself....

I was sitting in my home office photoshopping some pictures from my weekend assignment when I heard the sound of a truck backing up. Glancing out the window, I could see it pulling up to the house next door. A week earlier, the ‘for sale’ sign on the front lawn had disappeared and I presumed the new owners were moving in. An hour later, after receiving a delivery at my front door, I decided it was time to play ‘good neigh...

I had met our new neighbors for the first time at the beginning of the week. There were three of them, a husband and wife and their adopted daughter. I had introduced myself. The man in heavily accented English gruffly bid me a good day and went back to directing the movers who were offloading a moving truck. The woman smiled at me and extended her hand. “You will have to excuse Sergei,” she said, “He’s not used to having...