{"id":1968,"date":"2012-03-07T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2016-06-27T13:54:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T17:54:17","slug":"another-kind-of-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2012\/03\/07\/another-kind-of-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Another kind of insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Snow-covered debris–the house site, just behind the pile, already cleared and foundation blocks neatly stacked a day or two after the fire. (Photo: Bill Knoble)<\/p><\/div>\n

Last Monday night an Amish neighbor’s house burned to the ground. By Tuesday evening, as I drove past on my way home from work, the debris had been cleared and piled or removed.<\/p>\n

For the past week, I’ve followed the daily progress as dozens of men gather to work, their buggies parked in the yard between the house and the barn.<\/p>\n

We dropped off some cookies and coffee–our small way of being a part of this remarkable community insurance policy.<\/p>\n

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The walls are up…one week after the fire.<\/p><\/div>\n

Today, I snapped this photo (didn’t want to get too close because of the stricture against photographing Amish people) to show you what a week of neighborliness can accomplish.<\/p>\n

Neighborliness is found in lots of communities. Often the best demonstrations of that coming together follow disasters–fire or flood or ice. Tell me about a special instance–or on-going practice–of neighborliness in your community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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