Meghan Anderson

I went to a Celtic Festival in Grass Valley this past weekend. It
was WONDERFUL! My friend and I also explored the Grass
Valley/Nevada City area. I LOVE it! I really felt as though I had
'come home'. I am going to work on moving there within the next
year.
I have felt restless and unsatisfied (a bit like always having one
foot out the door) this past year living here in Paradise. I have
met very few unschoolers (2 to be exact, and one of those is in
Chico) and not a decent single man in sight <g>.
I found the people there to be friendly and welcoming. There is a
lot of 'alternative' stuff going on (medicine, enviromentalism,
music, spirituality, etc.), that I am interested in. I didn't feel like a
round peg in a square hole for the first time in a year.
Apparently there are a large number of, 'not for religious
reasons', homeschoolers and unschoolers in the area (I'm
going to research that one to check on it).

Meghan (feeling stifled in Paradise)

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<<I went to a Celtic Festival in Grass Valley this past weekend. It
was WONDERFUL! My friend and I also explored the Grass
Valley/Nevada City area. I LOVE it! I really felt as though I had
'come home'. I am going to work on moving there within the next
year. >>

I was born in Grass Valley! My aunt and uncle still live there behind a
shop that they once owned, my grandfather started the shop back in the
30's. Their house was built by an artist and author who was a friend of
our family, part of the construction still includes his original
paintings and a fireplace he built by hand from river rock and topped by
a sculpture.

Downtown is a victorian house with a historical landmark sign, it was
used as a women's hospital for a while but is a private home again now.
I was born upstairs in a room that looks like a sort of turret on the
outside.

I absolutely know what you mean about the place feeling like home.
Although most of the folks I knew as a child are dead now it still feels
like I belong there. I have frequent dreams about moving back there,
into the house that my grandfather built. I often wonder if I will
eventually move to live there one day, that would be a dream come true.
That little town is rich in history.

Kris

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Meghan Anderson

> I was born in Grass Valley! My aunt and uncle still live there
behind a
> shop that they once owned, my grandfather started the shop
back in the
> 30's. Their house was built by an artist and author who was a
friend of
> our family, part of the construction still includes his original
> paintings and a fireplace he built by hand from river rock and
topped by
> a sculpture.
>
> Downtown is a victorian house with a historical landmark sign,
it was
> used as a women's hospital for a while but is a private home
again now.
> I was born upstairs in a room that looks like a sort of turret on
the
> outside.
>
> Kris


Wow, how cool! What shop is it and where? Is it still the same
business as when your grandfather and aunt and uncle owned
it? I'll go see it and look for the victorian next time I'm there.

Meghan

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<<Wow, how cool! What shop is it and where? Is it still the same
business as when your grandfather and aunt and uncle owned
it? I'll go see it and look for the victorian next time I'm there.

Meghan>>

I can't remember the new name of the shop or the type of business it is
but I'll ask my mom, she may know since she visits them from time to
time.

When you're in the area again you might want to check out a little town
called "Rough And Ready" which is where we lived when I was born. My mom
says that the Grange building there is over 100 years old and is still in
use, she and my father attended dances there before I was born. There
are a couple of other historical building there as well.

Another beautiful place to see is the Empire Mine. It has a small museum
and you can see the owner's "cottage" and grounds which contains one of
the first indoor pools. My mom says that when the mine was in operation
it was so lound from the pounding of the hard rock ore that it could be
heard all the way into Grass Valley. I bought a book on my last visit
there which is a great history on the narrow gague railroad, Grass Valley
and Nevada City.

All this talk has me itching to get back there again, I could spend a
couple of weeks just wandering the area.

Kris

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