tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186797796234731983.post2649930632113246590..comments2024-01-23T15:17:03.848+02:00Comments on Beneath the Wings: Longing for a House that is a Homerickismomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07817042750959998664noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186797796234731983.post-8706323169962950292009-01-11T21:32:00.000+02:002009-01-11T21:32:00.000+02:00How funny... a friend and I were just discussing (...How funny... a friend and I were just discussing (and praising) the courtyard idea. In our neighborhood sometimes it feels like the street is one big courtyard, especially on summer evenings, with all the kids running / biking / skating around, and the adults chasing after the little ones and stepping in and out of each others' homes for a drink or a chat. It's a wonderful feeling.<BR/><BR/>Belinda - Sounds wonderful. What a lucky family.A Living Nadneydahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365370597831368062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186797796234731983.post-47351867979946704362009-01-09T02:59:00.000+02:002009-01-09T02:59:00.000+02:00My friend Susan, who often comments on Dave's Chew...My friend Susan, who often comments on Dave's Chewing the Fat, lives like this. She is a mother to 9 children, between the ages of 18 and 37. Three of them live at home, but at the end of their property, a daughter, husband and 5 grandsons live. It is a "compound!" They all support each other. It is wonderful. The grandchildren can run up the driveway to "Mommy's Mom's" house.<BR/><BR/>I myself am similarly blessed. My daughter and two grandchildren live downstairs in our house in a separate apartment, but we see them lots. <BR/><BR/>I love that several generations of family can live together. It is a rich and wonderful thing.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186797796234731983.post-82452478754444436662009-01-08T01:41:00.000+02:002009-01-08T01:41:00.000+02:00When my family lived in an apartment complex in Ph...When my family lived in an apartment complex in Phoenix, I did feel like we had more "communal living," mostly because we shared a pool!<BR/><BR/>Other than that, people do not "hang out" outside. It's too hot!RivkA with a capital Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411034058195730044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186797796234731983.post-61689610010547769242009-01-06T08:31:00.000+02:002009-01-06T08:31:00.000+02:00i love courtyards! very melrose place. in phoenix ...i love courtyards! very melrose place. in phoenix we rarely know our neighbors -- it's sad. though sometimes you meet them and wish you hadn't. but the idea of community is very tempting....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com