Small Town Living

I've lived in many small towns (and one or two largish cities) in my lifetime, and much prefer them to big cities. I was drawn to this 'small town story' by Lois (aka Lokackl on Squidoo) who lives in Amherst, in Western Massachusetts.

Lois takes us through 10 reasons in You Know You Live In A Small Town When . . . that explain small town living, and why she thinks it is the perfect place to live.

Small town living is brought out by Lokackl in such humorous references as:

* You call a wrong number and they supply you with the correct one.

* You leave your jacket on the back of the chair in the cafe, and when you go back the next day, it's still there, on the same chair.

* Everyone knows all the news before it's published; they just read the hometown paper to see whether the publisher got it right.

Lois also highlights the best features of her 'small town' of Amherst with personal photos.

Amherst is best known for Emily Dickinson (and Robert Frost, who 'adopted' Amherst as his own) and visitors come to town in the thousands to visit the Dickinson Homestead and to learn about Amherst at the history museum. The Jones Library in Amherst has a special collection of Dickinson and Frost manuscripts, photographs, research material and memorabilia that attracts authors, scholars and the devoted.

Lois is a Dickinson poetry enthusiast, so I wonder if it's any coincidence that she chose to move to Amherst, the workshop of Emily Dickinson, native and lifelong resident. Today, Lois is a volunteer for both the Amherst Club and the Dickinson Museum, and founder of the EDIS Amherst chapter, for which she leads bi-monthly poetry discussion groups at the Jones Library.

As Lois states, small towns and villages will always charm residents and visitors. I know I was charmed by her delightful description of living in the small town of Amherst. Massachusetts!

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Written by Wednesday_Elf