Things that are different here

I knew that living on a farm in Vermont would be different than my life in San Francisco. Here are a few interesting things I have noted:

1. Walking down the road, people in cars wave to me and I wave back. Not just a couple of cars, every car.

2. We buy our maple syrup and eggs from our neighbor who has chickens and taps the trees on his land for syrup.

3. If you don't have stamps, you can put your letter and money in the mailbox and the mailman will give you stamps.

4. You have to drive 20 minutes to get to town.

5. If you want to see a movie in a big movie theater, you drive an hour to go to Burlington.

6. The cars are parked in front of the house, unlocked, with the keys inside.

7. The yoga instructor at the studio here gets hugged by all the locals in her classes. I have never seen this happen in California.

8. They don't have a trash man. You have to take your garbage to the dump yourself.

I'm sure there are more things, this list is just a start.

6. Some people here actually chop their own wood to heat their home.