If I Could Live Anywhere In The World, I Would Stay Right Where I Am Right Now-Small Town America
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2011
by Fran Larson
http://www.franniesquotes.com/
If I could live anywhere in the world, I would stay where I am right now. My husband, Jim and I moved to this central Florida town from the West Coast of Florida 3 years ago. We are about; an hour from Disney World, just a few miles from Tampa and live in a subdivision that is like a resort. We live in a manufactured home but it doesn’t look like one. It is gorgeous, inside and out. The rolling, Scottish Golf Course is our back yard. This area of Florida is rolling, whereas the west coast was absolutely flat. Of course, both areas have advantages.
Then there is the culture within the culture; my subdivision within the small town, which is even more interesting. There are so many activities and things to do; it is hard to work it in. We have two pools. One is a warm water pool and it feels so good in the winter. You could be warming your towel in the sauna room and then go in to warm up after stepping out of the pool. I belong to 2 book clubs and 2 Mah Jongg groups. It is almost a rite of passage to play Mah Jongg.
Again, though I don’t want to emphasize the material things here as much as to place importance on the thing that matters. Which is the heart of the people here. It feels kind of like belonging to a sorority (for me). I have never been in a sorority, so I am only guessing what it would feel like. Today, I am going to Sarasota with my sorority sisters out to lunch and for a special Mah Jongg day there.
I have written several articles about this little community where I now reside. I wrote about a woman who was determined to help me find my car: http://fran-larson.SearchWarp.com/swa592268-The-Smiley-Woman-Who-Would-Not-Leave-Me-Alone-Can-Smiles-Have-Any-Affect-On.htm. I also wrote about how we were lured into this beautiful community:
http://fran-larson.SearchWarp.com/swa726202-The-Day-We-Discovered-The-Highlands-Was-I-In-Wonderland-Or-Paradise.ht
If I should ever win the Florida lottery, I would still want to live here.
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)Lovely article, and so great to see the history of your appreciation of your "Vill". Nice job and so true about the virtues you have outlined.
And you aren't far from that wonderful Homasassa Wildlife park, I guess
Fran, I am also happy where I am. Your community sounds appealing.
It's wonderful that you are happy where you are! And where you are happens to sound beautiiful by the way. :)
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