The post touches only lightly on the spirit of the encounters. The details are far uglier. I have been nothing but civil and accommodating, but he still acts as if I would desecrate his property in a second, given a chance. That is very last thing I am interested in doing, but he does not seem to understand, or be interested.

I really am not sure what blessing I might be able to give, apart from giving him what he seems to want, which is for us to leave. I think the best I can do is leave him alone and be friendly. I will continue to ponder the question… I may just give pictures to his wife, who seems sweet. Their dog is nice too, and the kids love him.

They have complemented us on our kids, and have always been friendly to them. The kids helped The Old Man move a huge snapping turtle out of the road during the summer. It is hard to know how to explain to the kids that they can’t explore/play back there anymore and why. It may be that I am the only one in our family that is unwelcome, but I have a hard time letting my kids go play somewhere that I am not allowed to go simply as a safety issue.

Also, I find it interesting that he yelled about the parking, but the no parking sign doesn’t start for quite some way forward from where the true ‘no parking’ area begins. Maybe he should bypass these signs and go with whatever they come up with for the This Place is Not a Place of Honor signs. That might have a better deterrent effect.