Got older there, anyway. growing up was optional, and I opted out. Lived in the adirondacks, mostly, but spent 4 glorious years at middlebury,studying philosophy. was unemployable when i got out, so i went to nursing school...time passes...dw got a job offer just north of chicago, and i was a trailing spouse. I miss vermont a lot, raven, but every time I visit, seems like all the people I talk to are from manhattan-kinda like florida.