January blog the second

[andpuff]

Someone asked about living in Toronto and someone asked about living in the country. For those of you without cats who hunt, the spleeny bits are what's leftover. When you step on them, they go pop-squish.

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[andpuff]

Well, there's a house on either side of it so you wouldn't be too far from people. I bought it because I thought two house were quite enough thank you.

[placeofinsanity]

In 2009 I took a road trip, and I mean like, a ROAD TRIP, from New Jersey to Spokane, Washington. I live in Nowhere's Land, Massachusetts, population: dirt road, and my friend who lives in Jersey lives 7 miles from NYC. We were the epitome of City Mouse and Country Mouse. It worked out great. She got us through Chicago, I went 110MPH in Montana where there was literally nothing. Ever.

Also - no one delivers to me either. D:

[andpuff]

And the pizza is cold by the time you get it home from town, right?

[placeofinsanity]

Yeah pretty much. Chinese food is better, and also tastes just as good reheated once.

[maiac]

I love recognizing Toronto details in your books. I'm slightly embarrassed that I didn't look up the story of the ghost in Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light until the second time I read it. The first time, it didn't occur to me that the ghost story might be real.

Henry's condo in the TV show isn't imaginary. It's recognizable as the building across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum. (I really like the location shots they used, with the contrast of the old church in the foreground.) Unless you mean his spacious penthouse condo inside the building is imaginary. He's certainly selling a lot of graphic novels to afford a place like that in that location.

[andpuff]

The building isn't imaginary but the condo is. I always figured TV Henry made some smart investments. *g*

[runriggers]

My God .... Toronto never ends!! I swear it goes all the way to London, Paris, and Brantford before you see trees and things not city like!! The one year I went back to Ontario for a visit I arrived in the middle of the night and I could not see anything but Toronto all the way to Brantford ... it's better in the daylight, at least you see the lake and the trees ... never ever could live in Toronto. Edmonton's too big for me.

[andpuff]

And it's bigger every time you go back to it! I swear, subdivisions sprout like mushrooms.

[runriggers]

Yeah, I was back two years ago ... soon London WILL be a suburb!

[spirited_lizard]

I live in a village with like 900 people and the next town, which our village belongs to, is four kilometers away, and again around 30 more until you come to a larger city. We are around 50 kilometers from Frankfurt/Main and I'm rarely there, but if, I find it... weird. I'm not used to big cities and always think that I couldn't really live there. It wouldn't feel like home.

Of course, everything's modern around here, but we still get most of our vegetables and fruits from fields around, from farmers who are still working in that way, or from my father's uncle who has large fields with apple trees on it (lots of appel pies, you bet!). And we also heat our house with wood. Much cheaper, too. ;) I love all that.

[andpuff]

I felt really comfortable in Germany. The beloved and I have plans -- albeit not immediate ones -- to visit together and really take our time seeing the country.

[spirited_lizard]

That's great! If your journey ever brings you to Büdingen in Hessen, let me know. ;) We have a very beautiful castle, btw. ;)