tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post116369240531124032..comments2023-08-12T02:33:29.988-05:00Comments on 2 B Read: Country MouseSylvia Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489243230694413409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1163715923313405702006-11-16T17:25:00.000-05:002006-11-16T17:25:00.000-05:00I thought I was the only person who remembered poo...I thought I was the only person who remembered poor old Charlie on the MTA, the man who never returned. Through the open window they hand Charlie a sandwich as the train comes rumblin' through. (It's a good thing you all can't hear me singing). JoAnn, I'm a city girl, born & raised in NY, the city of my heart. NYC at Christmas time is a wonderland. Don't miss Rockefeller Center at night, and if Nancy Morsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947358450252385401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1163704040855740272006-11-16T14:07:00.000-05:002006-11-16T14:07:00.000-05:00I'm both a city girl and a country girl, having li...I'm both a city girl and a country girl, having lived in different locations growing up. Not sure which I like most but I do sleep better with a tiny bit of noise. And preferably not animal ones.<BR/><BR/>The play, Twelve Angry Men, was what really fired my writing brain. I read it in high school, wrote my own version, and showed it to a magazine publisher friend of my parents'. He was Tessa McDermidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03370248836658261192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1163700184188191712006-11-16T13:03:00.000-05:002006-11-16T13:03:00.000-05:00Susan, I know what you mean about city noises! I ...Susan, I know what you mean about city noises! I grew up in rural NH, where we lived on a dirt road and couldn't see or hear the neighbors. When I went away to college--in the heart of Worcester, MA--it took me the better part of a week to get used to hearing sirens & traffic at all hours of the night. Every time there was a noise, I popped up in bed, totally confused (even moreso than usual, Sharon Schulzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400815138134107737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1163698857412153192006-11-16T12:40:00.000-05:002006-11-16T12:40:00.000-05:00Oh, that sounds like such a lovely time!!! LOL ab...Oh, that sounds like such a lovely time!!! LOL about your noise, while country folk are trying to sleep. Years ago, I was blocked while writing and my husband had the idea that perhaps it would help if I just got away from the house, him, our son, the dogs, phones, etc. So, we found this cabin up in Arizona's gorgeous red rock country. I did get a lot written (168 pages, which I ended up JoAnn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03351137721112499077noreply@blogger.com