“And we found a small, Republican town to make it all worth while.”
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A town rarer than the musket balls.
I still can't believe it :)
We commuted 3 1/2 hours each way to work in New York at IBM Research because the town was SO rare I refused to move. I commuted for 10 years, husband for 20. When we took early retirement and combined the house and apt, husband knelt on the floor and kissed the carpet. We’ve lived here for 48 years and expect to stay for the remainder. Excellent people with caring attitudes.
When mother died, the mortician showed up at our house. It was my first time being in charge of death administration and I was extremely nervous. He stopped me talking and said we’d get to the needed info after I told him about who mother was as a person. Before he laid hands on her to pick her up at Mass General, he needed to know her. We buried her a block and a half from the house and we’re set here for eternity.
Amazing Grace (local cemetery) - Judy Collins
https://youtu.be/uDwtsm6FrDo
The local hardware store owner was our postman. His daughter was raised in a playpen in the store. Later, we created her wedding invitations. His grandson mows our lawn. I was raised in the midwest, where people interact with each other constantly. This town is the closest to the world in which I was raised that I can possibly imagine. The liberals haven’t taken over EVERYTHING, thank goodness. We still have our Sunday town concerts and we still have our Christmas creche in the town square.