Scrupulous Seaweed

Honest:  Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.  .

The topic of yesterday's meeting was honesty.  

I shared with a great deal of authority.  Everyone could tell that I was walking the walk, not just talking the talk.  I'm the Real Deal.  My voice is the Voice of Reason.

The people who live behind me have a tangerine tree which is loaded with tangerines.  The people next door have a series of small orange trees.  The woman right behind me has a tree that is full of ripening something or the others.  I'm not sure yet but they look to be spectacular.

Nobody in these houses appears to be interested in the fruit.  They fall off of the trees and roll into my yard, and I toss them into my compost pile.  One day I picked a couple of fresh tangerines and we had them for breakfast.  They were really, really good.  A few days later I picked several of them and a couple of oranges.  I had too many to eat at one sitting so I filled my vegetable crisper with the overflow.  I didn't take any of the mystery fruits but I have my eye on them.

I know some of my neighbors but not these particular neighbors.  Citrus fruit is no exotic specialty here and I'm willing to bet that if I knocked on their doors they'd cheerfully give me access.  I mean, the stuff is falling onto the ground.  I mean, it's going to waste.  It's almost a sin to see that beautiful fruit feeding the wasps.

The topic of yesterday's meeting was honesty.