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By BONNIE PRICE LOFTON
Rappahannock Ncwi Contributing Writer
For Thanksgiving 1994, the Rappahannock News asked 65 people for one reason why they were thankful to be living here. Almost everyone indicated that they couldn’t think oi anywhere nicer to live. They spoke about the natural beauty, the peace / and quiet, the ties to other people, and sometimes added a personal experience to explain their feelings. Like the time they spotted a bear with her cubs. Or the time they were bedridden and neighbors brought food. Or evenings on their front porch, savoring a spectacular sunset—in oranges and pinks—over the Blue Ridge Mountains.
(There are fewer than 65 responses, because a number of people offered exactly the same answers in the same words, such as several ‘It’s peaceful’ responses.)
1. “No traffic lights.”—Ron Makela
2. “The peacefulness.”—C.B. Johnson /
3. “To be able to enjoy God’s blessings.”—Moody Aylor 1
4. “The scenery in the fall.”— Irene Timbers
5. “The diversity of interesting people.”—Anne Furtick
6. “Looking out on the snow-covered peak ' of Old Rag.”—Trish Darby
7. “Knowing your neighbors; the whole world isn’t a maze of strangers. (...And) being able to own livestock.”—Corey Koral I 8. “I just like the country; I don’t like the city.”—James Burke
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