WRITING QUESTION: Stop and listen to the sound of your neighborhood for the next minute. What do you hear?

“I69 Traffic” – Alicia Pitts

“Trains at night. Sometimes cars on Court or the interstates. Kids playing. Dogs barking. Cats fighting. Squirrels debating property rights.” – Bob Mabbitt

“I hear children playing, my neighbors working on their motorcycles, a dog barking, birds singing, if I listen carefully I can hear the highway.” – Cathy Lancaster

“Quiet Cars Leaves rustling” – Dayne Walling

“Quiet.” – Denise Smith Allen

“whoosh. the sounds of cars passing. the wind with birds chirping. my car purring.” – Desiree Duell

“vehicles, water fall, barking dog, muted conversation, birds,” – E. Custer

“Birds. Traffic on I-69” – E. Perkins-Harbin

“children playing and birds” – Elizabeth Taylor

“Birds, cars” – Emma

“Traffic, dogs parking, sirens, train” – Erik and Lata

“Around this time on Sat. morning (9:00am) it is pretty quiet. Birds chirping (cardinal, chipping sparrow ,white crowned sparrow, house sparrows, blue jay). Some traffic on Court & I-475.” – Ingrid Halling

“I usually hear dogs barking--there are a lot of dog owners/walkers in our neighborhood. Also cars from the interstate, and frequently distant trains.” – Jessica Coyne

“Birds, dogs, kids, cars” – Leslie

“Birds, children, cars.” – Linda Perkins Hritz

“Birds, freeway” – Margie Latter

“Someone is mowing a lawn. There are a couple of lazy, yellow labs around the corner who must have heard a squirrel sneeze because every few moments they bark about it. Nighttime is best around here. It is so quiet some nights that it feels like the country, but then you can hear traffic on I69 if you listen closely, and on lucky evenings, a train will roll through and blow its romantic whistle.” – Melodee Mabbitt

“Nice sunny day so I hear children playing, cars and some recorded music down the block.” – Michael Kelly

“Nothing” – Nelle Pinkney

“Birds chirping and children playing.” – Stephanie Render

“Quiet mostly; some traffic noise.” – Stephany Diana

“My kids playing basketball” – Tom Spademan

“Birds, grass growing / every now and then an automobile in the distance.” – Vanessa Terrell