We used to call our back porch that. We'd go out on the porch and just have some quiet time. It's not as quiet here anymore. Traffic, work, schedules. Barre has grown and changed, not necessarily for the better. We lived in the southwest, that city became too big. Barre may have become too big now. I really wasn't expecting to snag a cabin at one of our state parks this late in the year so when one came up unexpectedly that I happened on, I grabbed. It may have been just what the doctor ordered. The loons, oh that beautiful haunting call, the woods. And I'm not sure what happened but the people around us were all friendly, quiet, respectful. We'd pass each other and say hello. This included their kids. In Barre you run
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