The "Homestead"

I'll admit it is unusual these days to live in one place for a long time. One of the prerequisites for living in one place for a long time, however, is that you must have been alive for a long time.

While meeting that first requirement, I was still startled at the reaction of my (young) neighbor, who was incredulous to find out that I had lived in the same house for 25 years. Oh come on! We had electricity and indoor plumbing and everything back then...