I'm in the midst of the city, and it's surprising how busy everything can be around me and yet I feel my life is really static and I'm totally separate from it all.
We have a funny neighbor who comes home once in a while in a good mood and clowns around singing opera style. He really has a terrific voice (and loud) and I would love to hear him singing seriously.
In the next apartment building (which runs parallel to ours) I have occasionally heard someone playing Chopin on an old piano.
On hot days I hear the happy sounds of small children splashing in a small pool, with their mothers nearby.
On Friday evening and Saturday everything is quiet and you can stroll down the street and hear the clanking of dishes and sounds of people gathering for Sabbath meals. (All windows are open, no air-conditioners.)
I like the sound of work being done. Next door there was a lot of drilling for a while, with big thuds and bumps and sounds of tools being dropped on the floor
Down the street were some big trucks and I kept hearing their motors rumbling and now and then men's voices shouting "Whoa-whoa-whoa!!"
Someone somewhere has what sounds like a huge ferocious dog, but I have never seen it.
Every week someone shoots off a bunch of firecrackers for about five minutes.
But I rarely see anyone. I sometimes wish I were the one doing all the interesting things--fireworks, remodeling, playing with children, playing Chopin.
Hmm, I wonder if your neighbors think you're more interesting than you think you are. Maybe they hear you singing morning and evening and think "Wow, those people are really musical," or they hear Dad on the phone and think "What on earth does he do for a living? He sure talks on the phone a lot," etc. etc. :)
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