My Neighbors Dug A Two-Acre Lake On My Land While I Was Out Of State—Then Told Me Their Contractor Said It Was Theirs, And That Was The Day I Learned How Expensive Arrogance Can Be

Sometimes you are only postponing a larger trespass.

I am not saying every dispute needs a bulldozer. Most do not. Some need a conversation, a survey, a handshake, an apology, a shared repair bill, a pie on the porch, a little humility on both sides. I would have welcomed any of that before the lake. I would have helped fix an honest mistake.

But an honest mistake stops when it is shown to be wrong.

Arrogance plants ornamental grass.

Every now and then, I walk down to where the water