CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
MY NEIGHBOR ELINOR, AKA PET
When I read the news blurb about an Ohio man who slayed his neighbor “because he walked on the man’s well-kept lawn,” I thought of my former neighbor, Elinor Saylor, a.k.a “Pet.”
When we moved from Jamestown, PA, to Connellsville, PA, my husband, Monte, did his usual thing: loaded up a U-Haul and drove it from point A to point B. When we arrived at our destination, he backed the van into the driveway. It was just wide enough for a car, so it wasn’t surprising that one wheel rode over a patch of lawn between the neighbor’s sidewalk and the street. Obviously, he left a tire tread mark on the grass.
He exited the truck and was greeted by a tall, thin, white-haired woman. She was irate enough to kill him.
“You’ll have to (more…)
My Neighbor Elinor, AKA Pet
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
MY NEIGHBOR ELINOR, AKA PET
When I read the news blurb about an Ohio man who slayed his neighbor “because he walked on the man’s well-kept lawn,” I thought of my former neighbor, Elinor Saylor, a.k.a “Pet.”
When we moved from Jamestown, PA, to Connellsville, PA, my husband, Monte, did his usual thing: loaded up a U-Haul and drove it from point A to point B. When we arrived at our destination, he backed the van into the driveway. It was just wide enough for a car, so it wasn’t surprising that one wheel rode over a patch of lawn between the neighbor’s sidewalk and the street. Obviously, he left a tire tread mark on the grass.
He exited the truck and was greeted by a tall, thin, white-haired woman. She was irate enough to kill him.
“You’ll have to (more…)