Small Town Observer Gifts

"You ain't from around here, are you, Mister?"

Oldest sibling is last to know about Dad's new girlfriend.

"The woman on the fire escape who acted like it was a balcony"

#Whyneighborsdon'tknowtheirneighbors

'Wentworth Street, Whitechapel'

1989 Map Of Sorghum Corners, Ohio

Things I love about Powell River...

Wyatt returns home to visit his old small town.

Welcome to Yellow Pages, Vermont

'She's the worst gossip I've ever come across.'

"Bob, you've been warned before. You can't come to prayer just to gather gossip material."

"One of your delicious ducks got into my yard yesterday."

Tenafly International Film Festival

"The neighbors' place is a pig sty! Why can't we have something like that?"

'Ain't no lonelier life than being a free-range chicken boy.'

"This neighborhood has a strong sense of community that borders on siege mentality."

Welcome to a Sleepy Little Town - name available on request.

"I'm starting to miss the summer people. It's been weeks since I glowered."

The Motherhood

"I couldn't find parking in the city, so I moved home, got back with my high-school girlfriend, had a baby, and got a great deal on a new car."

"Everyone's so nosy. They act like they want to be left along, but they're always nonchalantly eavesdropping on everyone else....some more nonchalantly than others."

Interrupted Shower.

'If we let this happen, soon we'll be swamped in chain stores.'

'I see bloodshed at No.23,Mrs.Higgs at 34 has told her husband,Mrs.Blake at 42 is threatening to tell....'

'Don't you hate it when your neighbor gets a new 'lectric drill?'

Hadleyville Has-Beens

Me, my master is a lawyer, so car rides with him are always exciting: we chase ambulances!"

'The good news is you don't have termites. The bad news is you have beavers.'

It was so quiet in town the residents took to taking chairs to the corner so they could watch the traffic lights change.

'This looks like a really hot piece of gossip, Edna!'

"I like everything about this neighborhood except the people who can afford to live here."

Welcome to Springdale...'We're number 10, 11, or maybe 12!'

Welcome signs 'Pinefalls, pop 186, plus 3 atheists we don't like to mention'

'Looks like they have their own problems with suburban encroachment.'

road sign: "Gilkers Corners Population 926