Jill Sovacool:  

Life I wandered across America, much of it on Greyhoud buses. I was short enough to sleep comfortably on two seats. I lived in Chicago where I graduated from high school, and then followed the great exodus to California and lived in the Bay Area for a while only to return to NYC and lived in the Bronx. My dream from the time I was ten years old was to own some land, and as prices in the Northeast were/are "out of sight" I moved South. I lved in Charlotte, North Carolina for many years. I went to school there and became a nurse in part because I wanted to be of help to others, and also hope to someday be able to do some overseas volunteer nursing. Again due to the price of acerage I moved farther South. Five years back just shy of my 50th birthday I bought seven acres of lush, beautiful and private land which I call "Belle Flower Farm" in part because there are a large variety of native plants on the property and many of them have tiny bell shaped flowers in the Spring which range from white, to pale pink, to pink, to magenta. They are very fragrent and the aroma fills the air with a sweet odor much of the Spring. I am seventy miles from Charleston, South Carolina and seventy miles from Savannah, Georgia which are in my mind the two most beautiful cities in the country. This is real country...the road I live on has many farms with horses, cattle, pigs and goats. About every time I think I've seen all the wildlife there is to see, something else shows up. Turkeys, foxes, owls, wild boar! I just love it. They say the bears are migrating into this area!!! I never tire of wandering the trails that I bulit through my woods. It is very peaceful. I have two cats, two kittens, two dogs, two rabbits and my "significant other" Bill . The property adjoins a pine tree farm of about 4000 acres. The funny thing is that most of the time when I go for walks (which is just about every day) my dogs and cats walk with ...Expand for more