tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19178913.post301677728154439113..comments2007-12-26T11:28:14.241-05:00Comments on Eben Reilly: Flatlanders' Questionnaire 1Eben Reillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331476720874460706noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19178913.post-62869241560129753202007-11-07T15:57:00.000-05:002007-11-07T15:57:00.000-05:00Hi Eileen!I enjoyed meeting you, and I'm glad you'...Hi Eileen!<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed meeting you, and I'm glad you're running with this idea. Sorry it took so long for me to respond. Things get pretty busy around here!<BR/><BR/><BR/>1. When, from where and why did you move to Vermont?<BR/><BR/>I was 11 and living in Manhattan, W. 116th, when my mom started getting part-time gigs up at Johnson State College (she was a pro musician then and taught flute). After some commuting via Amtrak, she decided to buy a car and move us up here for real.<BR/><BR/>2. If your Move to Vermont were a movie, describe the opening scenes and images as the credits flash across the screen.<BR/><BR/>A highway in 1979. A U-Haul. A little girl romping on a hillside covered with white pines. Oh, and the opening credits of Battlestar Galactica (original series), because when we moved to VT, we also got our first TV, which was quite a milestone in my life!<BR/><BR/>3. List 5 first impressions of Vermont.<BR/><BR/>Uh... green stuff. Ten-cent ice cream cones. Fuzzy pines and lots of ferns. Tons of churches for such a small town (they've since become part of the Vermont Studio Center!). Bears (fear of).<BR/><BR/>4. Describe the first problem you encountered and how you coped or overcame it.<BR/><BR/>Junior high school was the problem. A huge problem. Particularly gym class. I tried to overcome this by buying the proper clothes (chamois-pronounced-chammy shirts from the Woolen Mill, hiking boots with red laces), but I would not say I overcame it. More like grew up and fled it forever. I vowed never again to be in a situation where my worth was determined by my prowess at soccer and b-ball.<BR/><BR/>5. Tell the most compelling story of those first weeks in Vermont...<BR/><BR/>Finding my mom sitting by the creek outside our apartment complex when it was totally dark outside. She said she was meditating-- which was nothing unusual, this being the '70s and all. But in the city, you don't meditate outdoors, at night! In fact, for the first few weeks, I was terrified of the thick country dark, especially because there was this movie called Prophecy out that summer, about a rampaging monster in the rural woods. I didn't see it, but the THOUGHT sufficed. Anyway, at the time, I was floored by my mom's courage! But soon I was roaming the woods after dark, too.Fuchsia Groanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852570087857764857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19178913.post-892775634747921672007-10-18T09:42:00.000-05:002007-10-18T09:42:00.000-05:00Hi - I'm not sure how to use the website so here a...Hi - I'm not sure how to use the website so here are my answers - feel free to use my name. I'm soooo excited for you.<BR/>1. When, from where and why did you move to Vermont? We moved to VT because my husband was a Forester and there were not a lot of jobs in that field in NJ. He also knew this area from coming to Lake Dunmore in the summers as a child. His family was also moving here as well.<BR/><BR/><BR/>2. If your Move to Vermont were a movie, describe the opening scenes and images as the credits flash across the screen. The first scene would be of a young woman excited and then in the very next moment that look of wondering what she got herself into. The next scene would be her crying.<BR/><BR/><BR/>3. List 5 first impressions of Vermont. Beautiful, peaceful, quiet, scary and overwhelming.<BR/><BR/><BR/>4. Describe the first problem you encountered and how you coped or overcame it. When we first moved here we lived in Brandon and I did not have a job at the time. I had been married a year and we moved into my -in-laws house. That says it all. I don’t remember any first problem, it was more adjusting to a new way a life.<BR/><BR/><BR/>5. Tell the most compelling story of those first weeks in Vermont-- could be as simple as<BR/>watching your kids hunt for tadpoles, drawing your first landscape, being befriended or<BR/>ostracized... whatever comes to mind most boldly. I’ll think about this one!<BR/><BR/>----- Original Message -----Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com