keen on Keene

I’ve been in Keene almost a week now, and feel its time for a quick review: 

•  Along with my arrival came a spell of beautiful, autumn-like weather …70-80 degrees, sparsely cloudy with low humidity, the smell of freshness in the air, and mornings cool enough to wear a hat or long sleeve shirt. 
• It is certainly bike-able:  If the grocery store, post office, bank and coffee shops are within 15 min. of each other by bike I know I’m in a good place.  
• There are an assortment of ponds, lakes, hiking trails, biking trails and parks all within walking/biking distance.  
• There are two great health food stores/restaurants downtown
• Traffic actually yields to pedestrians!!  Even at round-abouts!!  
• There are two colleges/universities in this little town
• The meditation center has sittings 4 times a week
• The local brewpub (along with many other restaurants) buys most of their supplies from local farmers and make delicious, homemade creations
• Most of the houses downtown look as though they could house close to 20 people (and some of them do since many of them are split up into apartments)
• People smile and say hello in response to my smiles and greetings
• Folks are willing to go out of their way to help you out (example:  At the ‘Blueberry Fields’ market this afternoon, I was checking out and the cashier looked at the snow peas I had selected and asked if I was sure I had gotten my money’s worth in peas and that I may want to check a few other tubs to see if there were any with more peas.  haha..) 
• There is a bounty of music festivals/performances in and close to town
• No matter who I talk to, everyone asks whether I’ve heard of the Keene Pumpkin Festival.  Its that good!  

I love my new home and hope that any and all of you will stop through one of these days.  Peace and be well~~ 

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