Haven Retreats: find your stories...find your voice... Haven Writing Retreats: 2015 (full with wait list) 2016 Haven Retreat Calendar: February 24-29 June 8-12 June 22-25 September 7-11 September 21-25 October 5-9 October 19-23 Booking now. (*note: You'd think it has to do with skiing and golfing...but it doesn't.) Because I can go outside to …
Haven Retreats: find your stories…find your voice…
Haven Writing Retreats: 2015 (full with wait list)
2016 Haven Retreat Calendar:
February 24-29
June 8-12
June 22-25
September 7-11
September 21-25
October 5-9
October 19-23
Booking now.
(*note: You’d think it has to do with skiing and golfing…but it doesn’t.)
Because I can go outside to get something out of my car naked.
Because if the UPS guy drove up while I was getting something out of my car naked, he wouldn’t make a big deal out of it.
Because I can go into town in the same outfit I slept in and no one would even notice and if they did notice they’d say, “Good for you.”
Because we have old fashioned streetlights with hanging flower baskets on them, an ice cream parlor, a toy store, a hardware store, and a brewery (and a whole lot of other cool locally owned stores and restaurants).
Because when you go to the Post Office, people ask you about your kids by name.
Because the health food store owners know more about my digestive tract than I do. And they hold my babies when we load the car. (I love you Rick and Dawn.)
Because we have a Winter Carnival where grown-ups dress up like Vikings and Yetis and Queens and Kings and ride floats and jump into a frozen lake. And lots of people come to watch and think it’s fun.
Because it doesn’t matter how much money you have. And nobody really cares, if they do know.
Because we’re all the same in a snow storm.
Because we’re all the same in a forest fire.
Because we’re all the same when there’s a grizzly bear or a mountain lion on the trail.
Because the Great Northern Railroad comes right through town and I can feel connected to my hometown Chicago, and another favorite old haunt, Seattle.
Because Glacier National Park is on a lot of people’s bucket list and for us, it’s an easy answer to the question, “So what do you want to do today?”
Because we believe in our wandering rights and have 26 miles of non-motorized trail meandering through our greenbelt, with more to come. (The Whitefish Trail)
Because we have lakes and rivers all around us.
Because it serves up things to write about daily.
Because we have a Farmer’s Market that everybody goes to, even if it’s hailing.
Because people care about the Arts here, (not just about skiing and golfing).
Because on school field trips, my kids go snow-shoeing, ice-fishing, and skiing.
Because they broadcast the local high school football game at the grocery store.
Because people read the local paper. That’s all we’ve got, anyway.
Because at Christmas-time, we string the same vintage bells across the street as they used in “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
Is that ten reasons? I need to drive my kid to school in my pajamas now. Oh, and I need eggs. But maybe I’ll just get those from the neighbor’s chickens.
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