I know this isn't Mayberry, but when we get to a point in society that we can't leave cat litter in the backyard for fear that it could be stolen, something is very wrong. Your blog reads as if you are blaming yourself for these actions, and that is a shame. I'm not sticking my head in the sand and ignoring what is going on with crime in this city, but when we as a people get to the point that we accept it and blame ourselves when homeless are sleeping in our unlocked cars, we are in big trouble!!!

Oh Mr. Hermann aka the "gardiner", I hope the police came out and fingerprinted the knocked over planter, otherwise, I don’t know how a jury would ever convict the thief! I guess it is a good thing theft of that value doesn't carry a jury trial right!

This is just a crazy city , the druggies will steal anything that's not bolted down , one night I left some palnts on my porch to be planted in the morning , guess what ? someone stole the plants , all I could say was ...WOW ! Baltimore like any other city has some real problems .

It is a sad state our country is in. In my younger days I remember never locking our doors. Today we have to be affraid to walk down the street the blame I put on our law makers. We need to go back in time when a parent could control their children a good swat on the bottom when they got out of line. I remember if I did somethig wrong I feared going home knowing what would happen. Today there is no fear infact the child has the right to call police if they get spanked. I better close now I feel a rant coming on I'll spare you all.

Sorry to hear about the crimes. But this explains why that shady guy kept asking me if I knew anyone with a cat. And I thought "kitty litter" was just slang for some drug that I didn't know!

Didn't realize the black market for kitty litter was heating up again.