The grapevine
February 17, 2015
I have often joked about how my neighborhood is still an independent small town 100 years after being annexed. One of its small-town attributes is a super-effective grapevine: everyone knows everyone, and news travels fast. Sometimes too fast. Carl expects to give notice to his employer on Monday, but it’s not a done deal. Still, I’ve had to tell a few people outside the family why I’m not going to commit to any long-term projects.
This afternoon a local TV station called to casually ask if there was “any news” in Delano.
That’s a little too effective, grapevine.