There’s No Place Like Home

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There’s No Place Like Home

October 19, 2015 by jansenschmidt

Time was short this week my friends so I’m posting this quick blog about my new home. This video accurately reflects the feeling of Vicksburg and I’ve been to many of the places shown in this video. I hope you all get a chance to come visit. You won’t regret it.

Old courthouse, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Photo courtesy Google Iimages.

A couple of quick facts about the Vickbsurg National Military Park; 1) it is the most monumented military park in the nation with over a billion dollars in monuments including stuff from Tiffanys, real gold, bronze, granite and crystal. 2) It is the second largest national cemetary in the nation, second only behind Arlington. 3) Over one million people visit the park every year.

Bonus for me, it’s just over a mile from my house.

Please enjoy this walk through my home town and, as always, thanks for visiting.

What’s cool or unusual about your hometown? Do you enjoy taking a stroll down the street where you live? I’d love to see some fall foliage videos of your home town.

Word of the Day: Impecunious

Fun fact about me: I’ve only lived here 3 months, but it feels like home.

Original post by Jansen Schmidt, October 2015. Video courtesy YouTube. Photo courtesy Google Images.

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on October 19, 2015 at 5:32 am | Reply claywatkins

Sounds like a wonderful place. Fall is in full bloom – we had our first freeze warning this past weekend. Leaves are falling and I began raking the yard this weekend – at least five more weekends before it is done. Then it will be time to shovel snow and maybe a visit to Mississippi! Fact: My hometown has more churches per resident than any other town in the US.

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- on October 19, 2015 at 12:38 pm | Reply jansenschmidt
  
  Ha! I’m laughing because you can’t swing a cat down here in the south without hitting a church. And Vicksburg has some gorgeous old churches. Some day I’m going to take a stroll and walk through some of them.
  
  Have fun raking leaves. We’ve been doing that a lot lately too.
  
  As always, thanks for visiting.
  
  Patricia
  
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on October 19, 2015 at 8:59 am | Reply cjburright

Cool video – you’re new home town looks lovely. 🙂 The town I lived in used to be called “the armpit of Oregon” because of a paper mill off the Interstate that had it’s own unique aroma. That has since shut down, so we’ve lost our notoriety, I guess. Have a great week!

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- on October 19, 2015 at 12:40 pm | Reply jansenschmidt
  
  Well there’s something to be proud of – I guess. I’m trying to imagine what a paper mill would smell like, but I’m guessing it’s not that same “new book” smell.
  
  Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful week.
  
  Patricia
  
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on October 19, 2015 at 11:03 am | Reply Paisley Kirkpatrick

I am so in love with your hometown, Patricia. Bubba has already told me that he would bring me to visit your Inn when I can get to visit him and his wife. Have no idea when it will be, but I look forward to it. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

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- on October 19, 2015 at 12:41 pm | Reply jansenschmidt
  
  I’m really enjoying my new home town, too. I really feel like the town has embraced us and wants us to succeed. I love the charm of this old city.
  
  I hope you can fit in a visit soon. I so miss seeing you.
  
  Take care and have a great week.
  
  Patricia
  
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on October 19, 2015 at 2:07 pm | Reply Jennette Marie Powell

So cool that you already feel like Vicksburg is your home after only 3 months! I would love to visit sometime, as I love all of that history, just don’t know when. The leaves are beautiful in SW Ohio right now, and there’s a ton of cool history in Dayton. Fun fact: according to legend, Wright-Patterson AFB, just outside of Dayton, is supposedly where the wreckage (and bodies) from the Roswell incident were taken. Not that I believe that. 😀

Hope the Baer House is keeping you from being impecunious!

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- on October 19, 2015 at 5:59 pm | Reply jansenschmidt
  
  Oooooo – ahhhhhh – oooooo. A conspiracy theory in your home town. I like that. I’d love to visit Dayton sometime. I have an idea in my mind what the fall colors must look like in that part of the country.
  
  I shall await your trip to Vicksburg and as always, thanks for spending a few minutes of your Monday here at the Edge of Eternity.
  
  Patricia
  
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on October 19, 2015 at 7:20 pm | Reply The Regular Guy NYC

Sounds like you’re already settling in and loving your new home. Lots of history down there too.

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- on October 20, 2015 at 7:53 am | Reply jansenschmidt
  
  Lots of history indeed Phil. People in the south are a rare breed and I’m loving it.
  
  Thanks for stopping by. If you’re ever in the area, look us up.
  
  Patricia
  
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on October 20, 2015 at 12:34 pm | Reply dianamcc

Beautiful video! Are leaves are almost all off the trees here in Bend, OR. It was 38 degrees last night. You live in a lovely place, and seemed to have settled in. When does the cold weather arrive in Mississippi?

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- on October 22, 2015 at 8:36 am | Reply jansenschmidt
  
  It is a beautiful town indeed and it’s my understanding that the cold weather sets in around December. Stay tuned.
  
  Thanks for visiting.
  
  Patricia
  
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on October 20, 2015 at 2:24 pm | Reply Louise Pelzl

I thought you were going to have a writer’s retreat????

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- on October 22, 2015 at 8:36 am | Reply jansenschmidt
  
  Still working on that. Stay tuned.
  
  And thanks for visiting. I hope you’l be one of my guests at the retreat if and when it happens.
  
  Patricia
  
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