I recognize the fact that there are many people across this big vast country called the United States of America who have had no exposure to southern living. In fact, for some individuals just the mention of the Mason-Dixon Line is a little bewildering. Wondering where the Mason-Dixon Line runs? Here’s a map. I grew up not terribly far from Annapolis in Baltimore.
One of the most interesting things of having been so far removed from my East Coast roots, over the past five years, is the opportunity I’ve had to learn something through experience (and by reading books from Western writers) about life in this part of the country. While I have been here in Colorado, it’s been especially interesting to travel to Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico where life is distinctively different than anything I have ever been immersed in before.
So, what’s it like being a southern belle? This list will give you a bit of the southern flavors of living.
From a Baltimore gal’s perspective, there’s something that is missing from this list. If you are from Maryland, you are often called “hun.” If you are called “hun,” when you go visiting someone in the “Land of Pleasant Living,” don’t feel insulted and turn around and go back home where you came from. Feel accepted, honored and loved, it is the term of endearment for nearly everyone.
Putting a value judgment on what kind of lifestyle is more fulfilling than another doesn’t quite seem fair. I think it’s all about what you get used to. But I do feel strongly there is value in experiencing different ways of life, even if it is even through reading.
Tomorrow on All Things Fulfilling, do return for some valuable information about how to seek validation of your work as a quality writer.
On Monday I will be honestly opening my heart about some of the costs of writing and publishing a book.
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