Good Fences Make Good Neighbors . . .

When Robert Frost wrote the poem "Mending Wall," it was more about stone walls in Vermont that separate plots of land, but every time I walk along the winding streets of Fairfax, California, and see these fences, Frost's words "Good fences make good neighbors" which are repeated three times inside the poem comes to mind. Fences, gates, doors are for privacy—something we all need. And yet we want to be friendly about our boundaries, too. Keep them inviting but strong enough so that we can be our own gatekeepers. In Fairfax, too, just like in Vermont, good fences make good neighbors.