Just Another Day Back to Work in NEPA (Northeast PA)

I sit here wondering how I can get back to my little house in small town America.  Working away is such a productive venture, mind you.  I have a steady weekly or biweekly paycheck that keeps me afloat.  Yet, I miss my little house so much it takes me several days to refocus when I return from spending the weekend there.  Why is it so important to me?  It is the basis of who I am and who I have always been.

I grew up on an older street in an very historic city in Eastern Canada.  Cabot Street is in the older part of the city; it is located in St.John's, Newfoundland.  My neighbors were much more than cohabitants in that wonderful village-like environment.  We have connections that have remained in place even though we have wound up in many different parts of the world.  I grew up on The Street not in the typical sense of the word as it is understood today.  No, I was not indigent or homeless...lol.  I grew up in a community that left me forever bonded with that simple way of life.  It has been my stability throughout the storms that have been so much a part of my life.

A small thing like this stone that I found at the hospital gift shop yesterday speaks volumes for the love I have in my heart for everything plain and simple.

When I bought the rock I shared a story with the clerk of the wonderful purse that I purchased as a gift for myself when I passed my board examination.  This was such a beautiful bag!  I loved it from the first glimpse.  It is exquisite...

However, I felt so overdressed when I wore it that I could not enjoy it...lol.  So, how did I handle it, you might ask.  I put it away in the special bag that it came with to keep the hand painted images safe.  I pulled out an older black "winter" bag that I found at a yard sale several years ago.  I did have to buy a wallet though since the one that I had picked up at another sale has died.  Now I feel much better as my basic need for simplicity is securely back in place.  The lady at the gift shop thought I was so funny.  (I am trying to figure out if I will give it to my sister or my cousin...lol.)

Well, I have to get ready for work shortly.  Sign me, Living simply in Dallas PA until I can get home to small town America.