You read 9 Chickweed Lane? It's not entirely unlike that, though that's obviously a bit more midstate (New York State) than Really New England (tm). But the strange farmer? That's some honest New England, turned up. **Haven't read it, but I'll pick it up tomorrow if I can find it. Sounds interesting.
Cow tipping? It's real. **LOL
"May I help you?" means "Get the hell off my land." **Mental note made.
Unbelievably beautiful autumns are the standard feature they're rumoured to be. It's real. Also, there used to be really amazing autumn farmer's markets right around 5 (Greenfield Street) and Old Main in Deerfield, and parts south. **We were just out there last weekend, and I was kind of amazed at how... grey...everything was. Of course, the leaves haven't come on yet, so everything's still mainly landscaped in sticks and dirty snow... But it still wasn't bad, and I can imagine that for a good half of the year it's probably much prettier.
Airlocks aren't just for spaceships. Your house should have one. If it doesn't, add one on. ^_^ **Mental note made. One of the things we were talking about out there was so many of the houses have no porch, no overhang, no nothing, just "wham, out the front door and you're outside."
Brattleboro, Vermont used to the the Gateway to Beer, but that's no longer true, so you probably no longer have to worry about drunken high schoolers driving down Route 2, I-91, or 63. But since old habits die hard, you might watch for it anyway. ^_^ **LOL
Road signs that say "thickly settled" warn you about clusters of farmhouses. **We saw some of those.
March is when the snow melts and the crazy people windsurf in the flooded river valleys. **Apparently late March, as they had gotten snow just before we arrived.
Amherst is really nice and has a worthwhile summer festival. It also has the Bates Motel, which is to say, a rental group house that looks exactly like the one in Psycho. I know people who used to live in it. Also, good bookstores. **LOL Hurray for good bookstores!
Want to get more specific about where? ^_^ Northampton. Unfortunately, there's almost nothing for sale in Northampton with 3 bedrooms for under 250K. So we're debating tightening our belts and taking on a slightly larger mortgage to stay in Northampton proper, or ranging out into one of the smaller (But still within commutable distance) houses to get a better deal. They might be harder to resell if we decided we didn't like it out there, though. Insight?
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Date: 2005-04-01 06:45 am (UTC)**Haven't read it, but I'll pick it up tomorrow if I can find it. Sounds interesting.
Cow tipping? It's real.
**LOL
"May I help you?" means "Get the hell off my land."
**Mental note made.
Unbelievably beautiful autumns are the standard feature they're rumoured to be. It's real. Also, there used to be really amazing autumn farmer's markets right around 5 (Greenfield Street) and Old Main in Deerfield, and parts south.
**We were just out there last weekend, and I was kind of amazed at how... grey...everything was. Of course, the leaves haven't come on yet, so everything's still mainly landscaped in sticks and dirty snow... But it still wasn't bad, and I can imagine that for a good half of the year it's probably much prettier.
Airlocks aren't just for spaceships. Your house should have one. If it doesn't, add one on. ^_^
**Mental note made. One of the things we were talking about out there was so many of the houses have no porch, no overhang, no nothing, just "wham, out the front door and you're outside."
Brattleboro, Vermont used to the the Gateway to Beer, but that's no longer true, so you probably no longer have to worry about drunken high schoolers driving down Route 2, I-91, or 63. But since old habits die hard, you might watch for it anyway. ^_^
**LOL
Road signs that say "thickly settled" warn you about clusters of farmhouses.
**We saw some of those.
March is when the snow melts and the crazy people windsurf in the flooded river valleys.
**Apparently late March, as they had gotten snow just before we arrived.
Amherst is really nice and has a worthwhile summer festival. It also has the Bates Motel, which is to say, a rental group house that looks exactly like the one in Psycho. I know people who used to live in it. Also, good bookstores.
**LOL Hurray for good bookstores!
Want to get more specific about where? ^_^
Northampton. Unfortunately, there's almost nothing for sale in Northampton with 3 bedrooms for under 250K. So we're debating tightening our belts and taking on a slightly larger mortgage to stay in Northampton proper, or ranging out into one of the smaller (But still within commutable distance) houses to get a better deal. They might be harder to resell if we decided we didn't like it out there, though. Insight?