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together to work together and to become friends. Folks banded
together like I haven't seen in a long time. It is just a
shame that it takes a crisis for folks to get to know their
neighbors a little better (how long have I been saying that?).
One of the property owners along Fairfield recently took a trip to Tibet. Among the souvenirs he brought back were Tibetan prayer flags. In a most generous fashion, he distributed these to the residents along Fairfield and in Patterson Heights. The prayer flags are colorful banners the Tibetan people hang as part of their ritual prayers. One of the longer prayer banners was hung at the site of the proposed super-duplex at 603 Fairfield. In addition to that banner, there are at approximately a dozen other homes in the neighborhood flying these banners as symbols of unity, and in hopes (and prayers) that our neighborhood will be protected. I would love to see Hyde Park filled with prayer banners (I don't even particularly care which god you pray to as long it is a god that
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Keep on smiling. Fight the good fight for the neighborhood. Fly those Tibetan prayer flags with pride.
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