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Originally Posted by coolkayaker1

Katie, your view is gorgeous. I'm a northern MA, southern NH native, mostly the Monadnock Region, near Keene. New Hampshire is the prettiest place in the world, as your photos reminded me. I grew up on a lovely, small but deep-water Massachusetts lake, swimming out to the island and picking blueberries, and I pine for it every day (in Illinois for now). Like missing a loved one, there's not a day that goes by when my mind does not think of New Hampshire--from the planes pulling banners at Hampton Beach, to the rural backroads of Salinger's Cornish--I adore it all.

I'm sort of living through you in a way. Why? You moved to TV not too long ago, and the entire keeping-two-homes thing intrigues me. Not the cost, but the upkeep, worry, etc., esp. your home in Meredith (I know they have lawnkeepers and home sitter in TV). You must have family to check on your home in N.H. all winter, I imagine.

It's nice to see that you miss your friends in TV. I can see how you would. It's funny to me that more Villagers don't visit one another up north in the summers; not you, just in general, seems that the northern-summering Villagers don't gather when up north. But, I could be wrong on that.

I have no idea what I mean by all this. I only wish to commiserate with you, a fellow northerner who loves the Granite State...loves, loves, LOVES it. :-) --Steve

Steve, I'm a Keene native and love the area as well, but wouldn't trade the lifestyle here for anything. All of my siblings and most of their children still live there and it's great to visit them, but I have trouble figuring out what I would do all day if I still lived there!

B.