In Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver tells a wonderful anecdote about having ‘insider’ status in a rural area;
“The only useful generalization I’d hazard about rural politics is that they tend to break on the line of ‘insider’ vs. ‘outsider.’ When my country neighbors sit down with a new social group, the first question [...]
I found this piece while looking through the internet archives for found footage. (I’m thinking that maybe i could incorporate manifest destiny expansionism into ‘Real’ Vermonters.) Please note this is not my piece. It was made by producers at blip.tv and is under creative commons licensing.
Lydia Ratcliffâs and Lovejoy Brook Farm from [...]