Let's talk about Country Living

I grew up on the outskirts of Boston but my family was from Maine. City life was never a good fit for me and ever since i was sixteen i dreamed of "moving home". When i was 22 i married a Maine gal. A couple of years later we just decided to take the plunge. Three days later we were settled here on the island.



It's pretty remote. Life is full of hard work and it's not easy to make a living in this place. Still .... we've been here for over thirty years and looking back i wouldn't change a thing.

If you had asked me a few years ago i would have told you without any reservation that this is the place where i want to spend the remainder of my days. Nowadays .... i'm starting to feel differently. Either the outside world is changing or i'm changing. Even in this faraway place it feels like the government is too much with us these days.

Here in the Northeast we've been trending left of center for many, many years.The quality of life isn't what it once was. The government has grown in size and scope. There are all kinds of complicated laws to regulate every aspect of life and the people sitting in the legislature don't seem to be showing any sign of slowing down on their rule making. We seem to be running to extremes.

I never thought the day would come that i was entertaining the possibility of leaving my home.