15 min readJan 15, 2021
STORIES INSPIRED BY SONGS
The Fine Art of “Laid Back”
“A good neighbor can brighten your world.”
Inspired by William DeVaughn’s song “Be Thankful for What You Got,” released in 1974.
The year is 1974, and it’s a lazy, hazy August Sunday afternoon at 5777 Southfield Street, in the Dearborn suburb of Detroit, Michigan. Summer has not looked over its shoulder yet, but there is a very soft whisper of fall, the…
