Today as I climbed out of the hollow and began my last mile of walking, I saw a light in the distance. I see it many mornings but today it reminded me that I have nearly always lived in the country or in small towns and boroughs.
The light was on top of a grain elevator at the coop. In most of the towns in which I have lived, the tallest structure is either the grain elevator or the steeple on the Catholic Church.
The mayor usually has a full time job and a part time job and neither one of them is mayor. The city council, the fire department, the police department, the water works and the women's auxiliary all meet in the same place and usually they must pull out the fire truck first.
The mayor and city council are all men. The five smartest and five richest people in town are all women but they play no part in local politics. In the borough I grew up in, if I wanted to run a mile I had to go from one end of town to the other...and then back.
I live in the country, spent my fair share of time in small towns, and I love going to the city. That seems like the right balance.
The light was on top of a grain elevator at the coop. In most of the towns in which I have lived, the tallest structure is either the grain elevator or the steeple on the Catholic Church.
The mayor usually has a full time job and a part time job and neither one of them is mayor. The city council, the fire department, the police department, the water works and the women's auxiliary all meet in the same place and usually they must pull out the fire truck first.
The mayor and city council are all men. The five smartest and five richest people in town are all women but they play no part in local politics. In the borough I grew up in, if I wanted to run a mile I had to go from one end of town to the other...and then back.
I live in the country, spent my fair share of time in small towns, and I love going to the city. That seems like the right balance.
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