The passing of neighborhood stores

“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” — Well-used term, credited to French critic Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808 - 1890) ------ Taking stock of what has silently disappeared over time, I thought about neighborhood grocery stores last week. How they’ve all but disappeared from the American way of life. “Run over to Raney’s,” Mom often directed me with a list of two or three…