ash was here & has left. while in ohio he did things like eat small-batch indie ice cream every day; touch a cow; stand on our front porch watching fireworks; pose dramatically in the topiary garden, possibly the best piece of public art i have ever seen; stay up late talking critical theory; go to a farmer's market; & lock us out of our house so that the fire truck came from down the street to let us in.
it helps when your landlord is related to the fire-station guy, then the fire truck will come for free with its lights all flashing.