The Wests have been our neighbors on the little cul-de-sac called Westminster Place in Alexandria, Virginia since Grace and I bought our home a week after getting engaged. They are the ultimate good neighbors in every respect. Today they really stepped up.
I have a year-long contract this year to do monthly legal ethics CLE presentations over Zoom for a national audience of lawyers in need of ethics credit. Today was the first of sixteen; with new material and a good impression to be made, I was a bit anxious. Scheduled for 9 am, the program occupied my attentions from 7 am on. Finally, I was ready.
A half hour before the program was scheduled to begin, power at the Marshall house went off. The problem could not be addressed by the power company for several hours. Desperate and panicked, I woke my neighbors (and their gigantic dog, Peaches) from a sound sleep, and asked 1) if one of them had a Zoom account (YES!) and 2) if I could use their computer to conduct my two-hour seminar.
And they said yes to that too. They made me a cup of coffee, set me up, and then fled the house, as most people tend to do when I start talking about legal ethics. I was ready seconds before the program’s scheduled start; it was very well received. Missing the first session in a series would have been disastrous. My neighbors had my back when I really needed them.
As I knew they would.
Ethics Alarms 
What a great story!
Ted and Linda, thank you for being great neighbors and generous to the point of allowing your home to become a last-minute meeting place!
Jack and Mrs. Jack, thank you for being great neighbors such that a neighbor knows you well enough, is confident in your trustworthiness, and is willing to give you run of their place on a moment’s notice.
We need lots more examples of this.
PWS
Amazingly great neighbors! When you shop for the wine or flower basket for thanks throw in another $20 and bill me for that.
Outstanding!
Great neighbors, and a great story to illustrate just one advantage of having a real neighborhood rather than merely a collection of strangers.
Wonderful neighbors. It’s nice to hear of interactions like this,
That’s awesome.
I think my neighbors might be in the same league. Their household is large, so I don’t think I could get them to clear out. They’d probably cook me breakfast.