Yes, that story is absolutely true. This
is the only house I've ever lived in, and I will never move, certainly
not to appease Johnny-come-lately neighbors who have only been in this
neighborhood a fraction of the time that I have. For the fence to be
hideous is exactly the point: since the nasty, nosy neighbors were
saying that my plain, chain-link fence was an eyesore, I am essentially
saying back to them, "I'll give you people an eyesore! I'll make
your eyes so sore that they won't blink for a year!" Actually, I
don't look at it as cutting off my nose to spite my face, because I've
grown so used to it, and received so many compliments on it, both from
patriots, and from people who feel that my message to presumptuous
neighbors is long overdue, that I've gradually learned to find my fence
beautiful, both in how it looks, and in what it symbolizes. Thank you
for writing!
Jeannie,
author of MultiFan
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