Dr. Kendall Crowns

And like I said, he was an old man.

He was in his late 60s, early 70s.

And he and his friends would become intoxicated and sing songs by the Eagles, Bob Seger and Cher, and carry on like they were college kids until well past midnight.

And let's just say he couldn't sing, nor could his friends.

And I again added a couple more songs to my list of songs that I can't stand when they come on the radio, which includes Desperado and Believe.

This continued on for quite a while.

During this time, I had a garden in my backyard.

And one time I was out there watering my tomatoes.

It was a bright summer day.

The sun was shining and it was warm outside.

There was a dove quietly cooing on the edge of my fence.

I was focusing on the status of my plants.

There were weeds in the garden, and some of the tomatoes were starting to ripen.

When out of the blue, there was this pop, and the cooing dove fell dead at my feet.

Then pop!

One of my tomatoes exploded.

I looked up, and I could see my neighbor in his boxers and white t-shirt and bathrobe pointing a gun at me and taking aim.

I dropped my watering can and I ran, zigzagging in the yard.

I heard another pop while I was running, but I don't know where that one went.

When I got in the house, I told Beth that the neighbor was shooting at me.