Mile after mile. Sign after sign. Town after town.
We sit side by side in the car talking while Charlie drives. We comment to one another about houses high atop hills or those beside rivers and lakes. We notice the prices of new houses being built. Sometimes we laugh at those prices because they are so far above our price range. We marvel at the palette God uses to paint His beautiful world as the sun tucks itself behind the horizon and paints the sky with pink, purple, and gold.
Every so often, we see a sign for a town that makes us smile about the possibility of living there, so I began a list so that I could share them here.
Of course, there are some town names that reflect other places in the world. We could live in Paris, Moscow, Naples, Mexico, Lebanon, Poland, Columbia, and Norway without even leaving Maine. That could provide interesting conversations. Imagine this conversation.
"Where do you live?"
"We live in Oxford."
"Really? I thought you lived in the U.S."
"We do. Oxford is a small town between Norway and Poland."
"Wait a minute. Oxford is in England. That’s nowhere near Norway or Poland."
"Well, let’s put it this way. Oxford is a town in Maine. So are Norway and Poland."
"Oh."
Then there are other locations where we can play with the name of the town.
If we live in Humble, TX, we will always welcome you to our humble home. If we live in Lake, MS, we can invite you to our lake home, though there may not be a lake in sight. If we live in Mountain Home, TX, you might be surprised that there are only rolling hills around rather than mountains. If we invite you to our Beach house, don’t be surprised if we mean our house in Beach, TX.
If we live in Welfare, TX, does that mean we’re on welfare?
If we have a small house in Marathon, TX, does that mean we’re in a half marathon?
If we live in Friend, NE, we don’t need a home because we can always go to our Friend’s house.
So where will we live? Stay with us and find out.
One thing is sure. We would rather not live in Hell, MI. That could get really complicated.
We sit side by side in the car talking while Charlie drives. We comment to one another about houses high atop hills or those beside rivers and lakes. We notice the prices of new houses being built. Sometimes we laugh at those prices because they are so far above our price range. We marvel at the palette God uses to paint His beautiful world as the sun tucks itself behind the horizon and paints the sky with pink, purple, and gold.
Every so often, we see a sign for a town that makes us smile about the possibility of living there, so I began a list so that I could share them here.
Of course, there are some town names that reflect other places in the world. We could live in Paris, Moscow, Naples, Mexico, Lebanon, Poland, Columbia, and Norway without even leaving Maine. That could provide interesting conversations. Imagine this conversation.
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| Our previous home in Hampden, ME |
"Where do you live?"
"We live in Oxford."
"Really? I thought you lived in the U.S."
"We do. Oxford is a small town between Norway and Poland."
"Wait a minute. Oxford is in England. That’s nowhere near Norway or Poland."
"Well, let’s put it this way. Oxford is a town in Maine. So are Norway and Poland."
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| Gulf Shores, AL |
Then there are other locations where we can play with the name of the town.
If we live in Humble, TX, we will always welcome you to our humble home. If we live in Lake, MS, we can invite you to our lake home, though there may not be a lake in sight. If we live in Mountain Home, TX, you might be surprised that there are only rolling hills around rather than mountains. If we invite you to our Beach house, don’t be surprised if we mean our house in Beach, TX.
If we live in Welfare, TX, does that mean we’re on welfare?
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| Madawaska, ME |
If we live in Friend, NE, we don’t need a home because we can always go to our Friend’s house.
So where will we live? Stay with us and find out.
One thing is sure. We would rather not live in Hell, MI. That could get really complicated.
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