Sunday, August 30, 2009

The Nearly Perfect Town


First blogs are daunting. But here goes. According to the latest issue of Outdoor Magazine, there are 20 perfect towns in America. Ashland, Oregon is one of them. The author of the article is an actor who played opposite Catherine Zeta Jones in that sorry remake of Mostly Martha, and who knows where he got his information. But fact is, I agree. And so do most of the people I know who live here. Not that the town is perfect, but that it's about as perfect as you're gonna get. And that's what this blog is about: Ashland, Oregon USA. And the three of us -- Nancy, Judy and Sharon -- who live on B Street, two blocks from just about everything, in one of the town's original homes.

Nancy's an artist, photographer, poet, and producer of our front-porch music events. She plays the ukulele and is doting co-parent of a russet chow named Lily. Judy's an intensive care nurse and an energy healer who heads up the complementary care program at Ashland Community Hospital. She's owner of a rescued horse of unsound mind named Shasta whose antics have landed Judy in the ER twice this year.

I'm Sharon. I have stories. They'll give you hope.

1 comment:

  1. Your stories are giving me hope! Lovely. Raccoon reminded me, we had bats in our attic in California when I was a teenager--an old, old building (1908). We were fond of those eerie night flyers except when the occasional one lost its way and ended up IN MY BEDROOM.

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