Subject: Re: [Homestead] Big basil and other features of a hot climate
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:56:35 -0700
Move to California. Don't even remotely think about moving to
Appalachia!
What's the matter, Grumpy, woke up this morning and smelled the
campfire of a new squatter?
I lost count of the many radio interview call-ins who told me I was
ruining the Ozarks by telling people that I chose it as my ideal
country home. My response was that I warned people about ticks,
chiggers, no-see-ums, mosquitos, rattlesnakes, copperheads, poison
ivy, tornadoes, thunderstorms, ice storms, radical weather change in
minutes, rocky ground, and remoteness from civilization. Occasionally
I mentioned the movie, "Deliverance," but only if the radio station
was far distant from Missouri.
Paranoia is often a healthy condition, but people in general
overestimate the influence of an author. I know of fewer than ten
people who have moved to the Ozarks after reading my book. Of course
they are superior human beings and fully deserve the sublime life there.
If not, they will soon leave. It all works out.
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