DULCIOUS

Over Labor Day weekend we went to the Boston area for a wedding, and we spent most of our visit with good friends in Salem, MA. They have a gorgeous 1870 home which they bought recently, and they just adore their town. I was ready to adore it too. Being in Colorado now, I miss the rich history of towns along my beloved east coast. I was a bit nervous that we’d visit and want to return (and of course we are in the throws of buying a new house!)

I was glad to find that although I quite liked Salem, I did not love it. I appreciated a lot about it (especially Gulu-Gulu Cafe which we think should open out here). And, most especially, I can not wait to go back and visit again.

In the end, I was very happy to return home to Colorado. I walked around our town the next day and thought, hey - I really like it here. It isn’t perfect, but it is pretty great. It is all too easy easy to think about all those greener pastures (well, yes, the pastures are definitely greener than those in Colorado) and to remember that there is no one perfect place.