Embracing the ‘Neck

Embrace the ‘Neck

I live in a small town – that has grown not so small – but has been listed as one of the top quaint towns (Culpeper is Quaint Town). It is fairly rural where I live, and when we first moved here, I would drive 30 miles to get a Starbucks! Now, that is one expensive cup of coffee! We have a Starbucks now, but my tastes have changed and I rarely go there. I cannot believe that I would prefer homebrew over Starbucks, and I have found myself watching such shows as Hillbilly Fishing and Swamp People and recognizing my family on the show! (Not really, they just resemble my family). Scary! My daughter is living in an even smaller town in PA and has told me, “Embrace the redneck” as she was attending the event of the day – washing down the fire-trucks the day after a busy night of calls. There is not much “keeping up with the Jones” here (except an occasional case of tractor-envy – but beware – the biggest tractors gets to plow snow!), and when a tree falls in your yard, there is no lack of chainsaws and it becomes a bounty of firewood for the neighbors! Part of me misses the frantic schedule of soccer games, scouts, music lessons of Northern VA, but I do enjoy it when the most difficult decision of the day is “What’s for dinner?” Still adjusting, but here’s an embrace around the ‘Neck!
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