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Suet624
Green Mountain Farm | Elliott Merrick
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I finished this months ago but wanted it to linger in my mind. Merrick and his wife moved from the Arctic Circle to the Northeast Kingdom in Vermont in the 1930‘s. While this photo is of a VT farm, it is definitely not Merrick‘s. In an old homestead, they start their family. I loved reading his stories of that time, where the ice on the lake was 3 feet deep (not anymore!), neighbors were crucial, and the snow was difficult to navigate. 🔽

Suet624 One of the chapters he writes is about canoeing with his wife on Lake Champlain and camping on an island overnight. The chapter captures the beauty of the lake so beautifully and it's clear he is deeply in love with it. Another chapter talks about driving in the winter to the movies 18 miles away with the top off the vehicle (they were Arctic adventurers). When they came out of the theatre it had snowed and the car was filled with it. 2y
sisilia Stacked! I read The Farm in the Green Mountain and I googled VT landscapes like crazy. It‘s so beautiful over there… looks peaceful, too! 2y
Suet624 @sisilia I read that book too and really liked it. Merrick's time in Vermont was prior to WWII. Zuckmayer's book was during the war. Merrick and his wife has several books about their travel adventures and I'd love to find them. Vermont is very special. Even though I'm biased, Vermont is really beautiful and peaceful. Lakes large and small, mountains, pastures, you name it. I feel quite fortunate to be here. 2y
Cathythoughts Vermont sounds beautiful indeed. ♥️ 2y
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Suet624
Green Mountain Farm | Elliott Merrick
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My Aura picture frame is reminding me that summer isn‘t that far away. Vermont winters have changed since Merrick wrote the tagged book in the late 1930‘s. It‘s been a joy to read of his experience living here back then.

Tamra Hard to imagine in February, but there is hope for color! 2y
JenniferP I really enjoyed that book! 2y
Suet624 @Tamra just gotta believe. 🤣🤣 this winter has been pretty easy to live through. Not super cold. But it‘s also super scary to see how much warmer it is and how little snow we‘ve received in comparison to years past. 2y
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Suet624 @JenniferP oh! I‘m so happy to see someone on Litsy has read it. Some of the chapters are so beautiful. 2y
Tamra @Suet624 what I‘ve noticed is the extreme swings and abrupt shifts. We‘re getting odd periods of rain Dec-Feb. Last year we had no spring to speak of - suddenly in May/June it was summer. 2y
Suet624 @Tamra yes! It‘s so unsettling. 2y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Untitled | Unknown
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Just sharing a little country living with y‘all! I‘ve been a little off the grid the past few days. I‘ll get back with it soon!!

#CountryLiving
#Mississippi
#Moo 🐄

FelinesAndFelonies Beautiful! 💙 3y
PhyllisH What a lovely view!💚. Thank you for sharing. 3y
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BethM So great! 3y
ScientistSam Lovely! 3y
NikkiM5 Beautiful 😍 3y
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Areader2
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Happy #worldbookday 📖📚🎈🎉
#countryliving #pinterest

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LauraBeth
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Bookstore in Southern Appalachia...

cathipink My parents had a few of these.... I want to check one out sometime. Have you read any? 5y
Crazeedi Oh my take me back!!! 5y
Blaire A friend who was in town visiting just bought one of these at our local bookstore. (I‘m in WV). 5y
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mrsmarch I am unfamiliar with these because my Appalachian heritage was swamped by Yankee upbringing, but I am trying to uncover more. I might have to scare some up for my Christmas wish list. 5y
LauraBeth @cathipink I haven‘t but I did buy a volume yesterday! 5y
LauraBeth @Crazeedi did you grow up in southern Appalachia? 5y
LauraBeth @Blaire I bought an edition after leading through it! It looks interesting 😀 5y
LauraBeth @mrsmarch 😂😂 I feel like I grew up knowing about Foxfire but I never paid much attention to it! I think you‘ll enjoy it! 5y
Crazeedi @LauraBeth no, but on the edge of northern Appalachia, and I had several of the foxfire books when I was younger, not sure if I still do or got rid of them in my many moves 5y
Suet624 Oh! I had some of those when I lived on the commune. 5y
LauraBeth @Suet624 I‘m just over here anxiously waiting for your biography! 5y
Suet624 @LauraBeth I just started chuckling thinking of some of the commune events. I‘m hoping to leave crib notes for the kids in case they want to know what I was up to. For some reason they don‘t really ask very many questions. 5y
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Autumnscribe
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The view from my window this morning. #countryliving #pnw

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful ❤️ 5y
brit91 WoW! Beautiful!💖 5y
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aliasNayNay
The Tapestry Of Love | Rosy Thornton
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Latest book haul...

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chowmeyow
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Upstate getaway companions.

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Sumi
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Pickpick

Wasn‘t she on Salons Table Talk? You know- in the last century.
Very enjoyable book in the city mouse moves to the country genre. #Deweysreadathon

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kalinichta
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I dipped into this book this morning. I had a country childhood, but my wilds now are the tree in our suburban front yard. #riotgrams #booksinthewild

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