You know, I talk to *everyone* in my neighbourhood, irrespective of background, which some folks find bizarre, but I gotta tell you: it's not altruism. If you treat everyone in your community *as* community, your home grows safer for all.

So today I learned that a fellow who's struggling with addiction on my streets has a nephew in Cincinnati and a mom he's visiting for Mother's Day. And now I know one more person as the human they are, rather than a vague potential risk on my commute. Win/win.