…sometimes, REALLY strange things
The Minorka Story : In Which Strange Things Are Afoot At The Former Minorka House
Our story thus farm quickly told: Horace & Minnie Minorka, crazy neighbors up the street, move to Florida after selling their house to his nephew…Right wing nutcase tool of a nephew and his loony wife alienate everyone, piss their 3 kids off enough to go live elsewhere, and then proceed to go almost as crazy as Horace & Minnie…Nephew sells house to Young Republican looking couple, then moves to Texas…five months later, Young Republicans move out…house sits empty for months.
But a couple of weeks ago, work crews arrived and started a massive renovation of the formerly 3 bedroom house. They also seem to be erecting a concrete wall behind and on both sides of the house. The front hard is being replaced by concrete.
Being the curious sort of fellow I am, I walked Sasha up that way and we stopped to chat with the next door neighbor of the house, Jeff O’Malley. According to him, the the MAGA nephew did not sell the house, he only rented it out. When the Young Republicans left, he could not make the mortgage payments and the house reverted to Horace & Minnie’s ownership.
As far as Jeff knew, Horace was having the house remodeled so as to rake in as much money as he could. I agreed that it was probably true, then Sasha & I came home. We both remarked that it would be nice if a young politically liberal family bought the place, not some soulless land grabbing business.
Today, as Sasha and I walked by, we saw that the new 7 foot tall concrete fence has had both security cameras and motion sensor floodlights installed on it. The front fence and gate, also 7 feet tall, are made of thick wrought iron. The concrete front yard is done and has holes for planting a couple of trees. One of the workmen told me that the renovation will be done in about 4 days. He also remarked that the fence made the place look like a prison.
Sasha and I looked at each other, but before we could speak, Jeff O’Malley walked up and said, “I get a bad feeling about this.” He sounded nervous.
A couple of minutes later, as we walked home, I said, “You don’t suppose…”
Sasha interrupted me to say, “Don’t say it! I’m going inside to do some internet searching.”
More on this as it develops.
The Minorka Story : In Which the Minorkas Brighten Our Day, More Or Less
Well, Sasha just showed me the results of her internet searching and it would appear that Horace and Minnie Minorka will be moving back here very soon.
Apparently, according to an email Horace sent his daughter, “Florida is a goddamn nuthouse and the humidity is probably what makes everyone crazy.” I’ll note here that this does not surprise me, since Horace is a California native and has a very low tolerance for both high humidity and idiots. Or anything else, really.
This also explains why the fence around the house now looks like the yard at San Quentin Prison. Not only is Horace keeping things out, he’s keeping Minnie in, just in case she has another of her religious “events”. No doubt the security cameras are there to catch video of any aliens, sasquatches, dancing raccoons, and any of the other strange shit that has happened around that house. We shall see.
I fully expect out neighborhood to get much more interesting again once they get back. It’s been a little boring recently, to be honest. I can practically hear the police and EMTs saying “Oh fuck no!”.
And it seems that when I posted the info on our local FB page, their next door neighbor went right out and bought a case of vodka and the lady across the street is re-opening her betting parlor.
Sasha tells me that another email says that Mrs. Minorka has not had an episode in 6 months and has taken to watching cooking shows and nature programs. She also seem to be learning to play the piano. Hopefully, that will keep her calm once they get back.
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