Folks, the traveling circus that has been our lives for the last 6 months is finally in town to stay for a while.
The last month or so has been a taxing end to a wild summer, with both of us in full-on transition mode. After our carefree summer of traveling, our lives seem to have become very Grown Up all of a sudden… We’ve had to deal with far too many movers and bankers and realtors and insurers and DMV bureaucrats lately, along with new events in our lives such as salary negotiations and faculty meetings. We have careers. We rented a house. Josh bought a brand new car (albeit one marketed to teenagers).
Anyway, we have a new place to live. It is a swell little house on a farm in the rural outpost of Littleton, Mass. Once again, we have planted ourselves right on the edge of the gentrification line. It’s hard to believe the circumstances are
similar here, since it’s such a different place than Chicago, but Littleton is undergoing rapid changes as well. Formerly apple orchards and farms, this still-sleepy little town is quickly being developed into the latest outer-Outer suburb (Its close proximity to routes 2 and 495 make it easily accessible to Boston, Worcester, and Lowell). Our house has a cluster of new McMansion developments out our back window and a pumpkin field in front of our house – we’re sandwiched between the rural and the suburban! Fortunately, we also have a wooded park of town conservation land right next to us, with a brook and trails that lead to a pond where you can go swimmin’. And at night, the bug sounds and stars up over the farm make it clear that for now, this is still out in the country. Plus, we’ve got a wickedly
huge hot tub and a fabulous wood burning oven.
Y’all should come visit and enjoy rural life with us before the gentrification line passes us by! Our guest futon awaits you.
Love,
Phil/Sarah and Josh