In this post:
**Plonk!
**Fun Facts About Vactionland
**Rocks
**Road Trip
**Plonk!
**Fun Facts About Vactionland
**Rocks
**Road Trip
Hello! Wasn't planning to do an update this soon, but...
Am unemployed again!!!!!!!!
On Wednesday, June 25, I was at work until 6pm (everyone else had gone home), and my Adecco agent, Pam, called and told me that my assignment had ended, and to not go into work the next day.
I was like, WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?????
So crushed and shocked. Well, sort of. I mean, very sad to be unexpectedly rejected and paycheck-less and in such an impersonal, abrupt way. But even while I was tearing up, gathering my things, there was this little happy dance going on inside me, little jumping pixies singing, "Free, free, free!"
And it wasn't entirely unexpected. All the doubts and misgivings I've had about this job? They have been mirrored back at me through the eyes of my (former) supervisor. There was an initial open welcome from her and then quite soon after that, a sort of odd stilted-ness in her behavior toward me; friendly, but with reservation.
So curious about the circumstances, too, since the Monday before, I was given the green light to teach the new hire class on my own, and the day before, my (former) boss had posted a new teaching schedule with me listed on it until December...so something changed in a day? A new hire? A final decision? Not sure, and will probably never know, but I do know this (because it was pretty obvious, and Pam also told me so): that my (former) boss had liked me as a teacher, but was worried about how I would do with systems implementations. And that was a big, big deal. A couple of times my supervisor asked me if I could do it, and my answer wasn't quite what she was hoping for--like this:
Supervisor: "Do you think you can learn the ABC Billing System, and all six variations, and teach them, and be ready when a new client comes in and wants yet another variation--can you learn what the new client wants, and create the teaching materials and get a staff trained to get that client account off and running--and meet the account deadlines?"
Correct answer: "Wow, that sounds like an awesome challenge! Since I love learning new systems and have all that experience with creating billing platform teaching materials, I know I can do a great job and get it in before the deadline! Bring it on!!"
My answer: (long pause): "Um...yes. I can...do...that."
And of course, during my pause and answer, I'm wildly thinking to myself: "Right? Right, I can do that--probably???--it's not neurosurgery or anything...but do I want to make myself as crazy as it sounds like I'm going to make myself, trying to make that happen????
So, you see, not the biggest shocker that they would decide not to keep me on--really, she does have to have someone that can be a go-getter for that sort of thing, like the other two trainers (one of the trainers actually does love the implementations--learning the new systems and making manuals for teaching and all of it--LOVES it. So you see, there are people in the world who do...it takes all kinds of kinds, as Miranda Lambert sings!).
It's really funny, though, because I had just started committing the idea of staying in Auburn and at this job for whatever, a couple of years? and then this. This was my message telling me that no, no you aren’t staying.
And super yay for that! Sometimes I need those really obvious messages to move me in the right direction, or I might just talk myself into all sorts of dopey things. I'm very, very good at convincing myself that something is okay when really it's not the best choice for me, so! Got clean out of that one! (Of course, at this point, I don't always feel great about it--currently lots of mixed feelings and disorientation...but it will pass, probably quite soon...)
Also feel good about the work I did overall, and for just going into this totally new thing and facing it down. It was scary and challenging, and I was kind of freaking out about trying it, but I did it, and did some parts of it well, and learned a lot, and as a result am feeling more confident for the next challenge. Also the "corporate world-view" has been helpful to me as I attempt to foray into the world of publishing, which can be quite intimidating at times. b
Am unemployed again!!!!!!!!
On Wednesday, June 25, I was at work until 6pm (everyone else had gone home), and my Adecco agent, Pam, called and told me that my assignment had ended, and to not go into work the next day.
I was like, WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?????
So crushed and shocked. Well, sort of. I mean, very sad to be unexpectedly rejected and paycheck-less and in such an impersonal, abrupt way. But even while I was tearing up, gathering my things, there was this little happy dance going on inside me, little jumping pixies singing, "Free, free, free!"
And it wasn't entirely unexpected. All the doubts and misgivings I've had about this job? They have been mirrored back at me through the eyes of my (former) supervisor. There was an initial open welcome from her and then quite soon after that, a sort of odd stilted-ness in her behavior toward me; friendly, but with reservation.
So curious about the circumstances, too, since the Monday before, I was given the green light to teach the new hire class on my own, and the day before, my (former) boss had posted a new teaching schedule with me listed on it until December...so something changed in a day? A new hire? A final decision? Not sure, and will probably never know, but I do know this (because it was pretty obvious, and Pam also told me so): that my (former) boss had liked me as a teacher, but was worried about how I would do with systems implementations. And that was a big, big deal. A couple of times my supervisor asked me if I could do it, and my answer wasn't quite what she was hoping for--like this:
Supervisor: "Do you think you can learn the ABC Billing System, and all six variations, and teach them, and be ready when a new client comes in and wants yet another variation--can you learn what the new client wants, and create the teaching materials and get a staff trained to get that client account off and running--and meet the account deadlines?"
Correct answer: "Wow, that sounds like an awesome challenge! Since I love learning new systems and have all that experience with creating billing platform teaching materials, I know I can do a great job and get it in before the deadline! Bring it on!!"
My answer: (long pause): "Um...yes. I can...do...that."
And of course, during my pause and answer, I'm wildly thinking to myself: "Right? Right, I can do that--probably???--it's not neurosurgery or anything...but do I want to make myself as crazy as it sounds like I'm going to make myself, trying to make that happen????
So, you see, not the biggest shocker that they would decide not to keep me on--really, she does have to have someone that can be a go-getter for that sort of thing, like the other two trainers (one of the trainers actually does love the implementations--learning the new systems and making manuals for teaching and all of it--LOVES it. So you see, there are people in the world who do...it takes all kinds of kinds, as Miranda Lambert sings!).
It's really funny, though, because I had just started committing the idea of staying in Auburn and at this job for whatever, a couple of years? and then this. This was my message telling me that no, no you aren’t staying.
And super yay for that! Sometimes I need those really obvious messages to move me in the right direction, or I might just talk myself into all sorts of dopey things. I'm very, very good at convincing myself that something is okay when really it's not the best choice for me, so! Got clean out of that one! (Of course, at this point, I don't always feel great about it--currently lots of mixed feelings and disorientation...but it will pass, probably quite soon...)
Also feel good about the work I did overall, and for just going into this totally new thing and facing it down. It was scary and challenging, and I was kind of freaking out about trying it, but I did it, and did some parts of it well, and learned a lot, and as a result am feeling more confident for the next challenge. Also the "corporate world-view" has been helpful to me as I attempt to foray into the world of publishing, which can be quite intimidating at times. b
So.....that's the update on the job....foiled by computers again!!! I'm starting to feel officially old!!!
Have been keeping busy with other stuff too--here's a little bit of what else has been happening, and some (hopefully) interesting things about Maine...
Maine=Vactionland!! BTW: New Hampshire's license plates read "Live Free or Die"--what is that all about??? Don't mess with New Hampshire!!!
Vacationland
While I wouldn't say that I've entirely changed my mind about Maine and now find it the most delightful place on the planet, I would say that I now perhaps understand why some people--especially south of Maine, in the never-ending stretch of mega-city along the east coast, would appreciate the much less densely populated state of Maine, and the cooler temperatures along the coast.
Here are a few factoids about Maine (from Buzzle.com)
**Almost 99% of all blueberry supply to the United States can be traced back to Maine.
**90% of the toothpicks available in America are manufactured in Maine.
**Maine is the only state in America that shares its border with only one other state (New Hampshire), and is the only state with a one-syllable name.
**In 1623, America's first sawmill was established in York, Maine.
**The Acadia National Park (Mt. Desert, Maine) is the second most-visited national park in America.
**A whopping 542,629 acres of Maine is a part of national and state parks. (See--it really is all trees!)
**The springs seen in the western areas of Maine are the main sources used to produce bottled water.
Here are a few factoids about Maine (from Buzzle.com)
**Almost 99% of all blueberry supply to the United States can be traced back to Maine.
**90% of the toothpicks available in America are manufactured in Maine.
**Maine is the only state in America that shares its border with only one other state (New Hampshire), and is the only state with a one-syllable name.
**In 1623, America's first sawmill was established in York, Maine.
**The Acadia National Park (Mt. Desert, Maine) is the second most-visited national park in America.
**A whopping 542,629 acres of Maine is a part of national and state parks. (See--it really is all trees!)
**The springs seen in the western areas of Maine are the main sources used to produce bottled water.
Of course the state animal is the moose! (stock photo--sorry, I haven't see a moose yet!) State tree is the white pine, state bird is the chickadee (tree and bird are on the license plate, as is the state flower--the pine cone!!!)
There was a report in the local newspaper that took bits and pieces of national surveys (from Forbes Magazine, Gallup, and other sources) that had facts about Maine, such as:
**Maine has the lowest crime rate and the fewest police officers per capita.
**It’s the number one safest and most peaceful state in the nation, and has been for years.
**Maine also ranks very high in education, health care, and fifth in the nation for quality of life. How about that?
**However, it’s one of the worst states to pay taxes, and is the third coldest state (Alaska is number one, with an average temperature of 35.9, and North Dakota is second at 40.9 degrees, and third-ranked Maine’s average temperature is 41.3 degrees).
**Maine has the lowest crime rate and the fewest police officers per capita.
**It’s the number one safest and most peaceful state in the nation, and has been for years.
**Maine also ranks very high in education, health care, and fifth in the nation for quality of life. How about that?
**However, it’s one of the worst states to pay taxes, and is the third coldest state (Alaska is number one, with an average temperature of 35.9, and North Dakota is second at 40.9 degrees, and third-ranked Maine’s average temperature is 41.3 degrees).
But the most interesting statistic is that Maine is the number one state for cat ownership! They love their cats here! The top ten list of states for cat lovers:
1) Maine
2) Vermont
3) New Hampshire
4) Washington
5) West Virginia
6) Oregon
7) Montana
8) Wyoming
9) Massachusetts
10) Indiana
This makes a lot of sense because Maine has its
very own cat--the Maine Coon!
1) Maine
2) Vermont
3) New Hampshire
4) Washington
5) West Virginia
6) Oregon
7) Montana
8) Wyoming
9) Massachusetts
10) Indiana
This makes a lot of sense because Maine has its
very own cat--the Maine Coon!
(Not sure why Bangor is the only city showing up on the map above--Augusta is the capitol of Maine, and Portland is the biggest city. Bangor's claim to fame is that Stephen King lives there--is someone at Google a fan?) The Map below shows Lewiston--often Auburn gets left off the map unless you get in closer, but Auburn is there. For an idea of scale: if you drove straight west from Lewiston/Auburn to the New Hampshire boarder, it would probably take about an hour.
One more fun fact about Maine: people in Maine are called “Mainers”! Too funny! It’s much tidier than “Michigander” or “Floridian” but it seems too short or wrong somehow. Maine-iander. Mainian. That’s what I would want to say—Mainian, although that doesn’t sound quite right either. It’s so funny too, that I wouldn’t know that. Did you know that? I mean, everyone knows “Texan” “Californian” “Hawaiian” but do we know what to call someone from Vermont or Washington? Vermonter? Washingtonian? How about New Hampshire or Montana or Tennessee?
(This reminds me of that game where you try to write down all fifty states from memory—we could do that and try to add all the demonyms—bet there would be some funny answers! I’ll put a list the end of this post, if you are interested.)
(This reminds me of that game where you try to write down all fifty states from memory—we could do that and try to add all the demonyms—bet there would be some funny answers! I’ll put a list the end of this post, if you are interested.)
In my last post, I mentioned that Maine is very rocky, and I wanted to have the photos to prove it. Apparently, there are more dramatic scenes to see than the one's I've got here, but while I'm talking about Maine and am about to post some photos of a recent outing, this seems like a good place for it.
Maine and New Hampshire were not a part of the original North American continent; the land for these two states came from far, far away,
a long, long time ago. The land mass drifted and then sort of crashed into the continent and joined it. If you would like the details--serious details!--here's a website for you:
http://www.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/explore/bedrock/facts/geol-hist.htm
What that means for us today is that this area is geographically unique. It means: rocks, baby! Rocks everywhere!!
The photo above shows a very common sight along roadsides. To make some roads, a huge flexible cover is laid over a section of land, and then the land is blasted apart underneath the cover (Philip said they did this to the road by his home to take out a steep hill--he said the blasting was unbelievably loud and shook the earth. I've heard it myself from far away--it this booming that you feel as much as hear, like giant cannons going off.) After they blast away some of the rock, then they can have a nice level road, with either side of looking like the above photo.
Maine and New Hampshire were not a part of the original North American continent; the land for these two states came from far, far away,
a long, long time ago. The land mass drifted and then sort of crashed into the continent and joined it. If you would like the details--serious details!--here's a website for you:
http://www.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/explore/bedrock/facts/geol-hist.htm
What that means for us today is that this area is geographically unique. It means: rocks, baby! Rocks everywhere!!
The photo above shows a very common sight along roadsides. To make some roads, a huge flexible cover is laid over a section of land, and then the land is blasted apart underneath the cover (Philip said they did this to the road by his home to take out a steep hill--he said the blasting was unbelievably loud and shook the earth. I've heard it myself from far away--it this booming that you feel as much as hear, like giant cannons going off.) After they blast away some of the rock, then they can have a nice level road, with either side of looking like the above photo.
Another common site in Maine is large boulders. The one above, called the Whale Rock, is apparently not all that big compared to some. That's Philip and Christopher up there--we went hiking at Thorncraig Bird Sanctuary on June 21 (the Saturday before Christopher's 24th birthday.)
The photo below shows them contemplating the best way to free-climb, called (appropriately!) "bouldering"--this is something they do for fun, and, living in Maine, have lots of opportunities to do. I was just glad this was a little boulder--my nerves couldn't have taken watching them climb anything steeper--as bouldering is often done without any equipment or safety gear!
The photo below shows them contemplating the best way to free-climb, called (appropriately!) "bouldering"--this is something they do for fun, and, living in Maine, have lots of opportunities to do. I was just glad this was a little boulder--my nerves couldn't have taken watching them climb anything steeper--as bouldering is often done without any equipment or safety gear!
Grass Groupie!
Taking wildflower photos--I use this little digital point and shoot camera for all my pictures--it's my favorite thing ever! :-) (Photo by Philip)
Road Trip!
After my disappointing job week, I decided to foray out to see some of Maine. I was actually planning to make a day trip to Acadia National Park, but after about an hour of driving, realized that Acadia was a little further away on the map that I thought, and more like a two- or three-day trip (and yes, if you check your map, you will see it's possible as a day trip--for someone that likes driving, doesn't get constantly lost, and goes faster than 45 mph--and none of those factors apply to me!). But! I did end up at the coast at least, and could see some serious Vacationland happening.
Sunday, June 29: Like all great quests, the start of this road trip was beset with obstacles: a marathon blocking all the ways to the highway, an obnoxious driver blaring his horn and yelling at all of the cars in the marathon detour route as we all went WAY around little back roads with lots of stops, and then, when finally clear of the marathon, the jerk, and the detour, signs upon signs for a library book sale! Oh, the temptation! But onward I went: My quest was for Vacationland, that gleaming coastline promise!! Nothing could deter or dissuade my fortitude!!!
Sunday, June 29: Like all great quests, the start of this road trip was beset with obstacles: a marathon blocking all the ways to the highway, an obnoxious driver blaring his horn and yelling at all of the cars in the marathon detour route as we all went WAY around little back roads with lots of stops, and then, when finally clear of the marathon, the jerk, and the detour, signs upon signs for a library book sale! Oh, the temptation! But onward I went: My quest was for Vacationland, that gleaming coastline promise!! Nothing could deter or dissuade my fortitude!!!
Bath, Maine (downtown area)
All the little coast towns along Route 1 are apparently very touristy and charming, so I started with the first town on Route 1: Brunswick. Driving down the main street was a revelation--I thought, "Oh! Here is that cute Maine that you see in guidebooks!" It's a small town, with a all sorts of little shops and restaurants (including Indian and Japanese food), and then right after that, the most beautiful wide green-space with Bowdoin College and Museums spread out over it. Bowdoin College graduated such historical figures as Nathanial Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, President Franklin Pierce, and other odds and ends of high profile people. So much history in these old states! But I didn't linger in Brunswick--nothing was open yet, and I wanted to keep questing (at this point, was still hoping to get to Arcadia).
So, after taking an unplanned scenic route (fine, I got lost!), I found Route 1 and went on to Bath (after another "scenic detour"), which is only a few miles from Brunswick.
As I was making the turn to Bath's downtown area, there was a sign that pointed the way to the downtown area and a few other things, AND also pointed the way to something called "The Chocolate Church!"
A Chocolate Church!?!?!?!?!???!!!!
Amen!!!!
But what exactly was a Chocolate Church???? A church made of chocolate? A church that worshiped chocolate? Chocolate museum? Surely, surely a place to at least purchase chocolate--perhaps many, many kinds of chocolate!
And this was Sunday morning that I happened upon this wondrous chance encounter, so....might there be some kind of public service going on...???
Of course, I bypassed the downtown area and went right to this Church of Chocolate, this exciting impossibility...
So, after taking an unplanned scenic route (fine, I got lost!), I found Route 1 and went on to Bath (after another "scenic detour"), which is only a few miles from Brunswick.
As I was making the turn to Bath's downtown area, there was a sign that pointed the way to the downtown area and a few other things, AND also pointed the way to something called "The Chocolate Church!"
A Chocolate Church!?!?!?!?!???!!!!
Amen!!!!
But what exactly was a Chocolate Church???? A church made of chocolate? A church that worshiped chocolate? Chocolate museum? Surely, surely a place to at least purchase chocolate--perhaps many, many kinds of chocolate!
And this was Sunday morning that I happened upon this wondrous chance encounter, so....might there be some kind of public service going on...???
Of course, I bypassed the downtown area and went right to this Church of Chocolate, this exciting impossibility...
But, alas! It has nothing to do with chocolate! "Chocolate Church" is just a nickname for this big, old, crumbly, brown church-turned-into-community center. It did look rather chocolatey, though (these photos are a bit washed out by the bright light).
But at least, being all closed up and left empty, it was appropriately abandoned and mysterious and no one was around to mind me poking about and looking at all the old windows and doors.
At one point I noticed this door in the side of the main building, and for just a few moments as I walked up it, I had an image of it creaking open to reveal a Willy-Wonka type magical chocolate world...
But the door was locked.
However, this doesn't mean that there's no chocolate world behind this door (which, really, was giving off serious magic vibes); it just means that a heart purer in chocolate love than mine (which is a bit wishy-washy about sweets) will be needed to access it.
And! I am totally using this for a book idea--so rather good adventure overall!
Then I went meandering around downtown (just a few streets over from the church/community center), and to just west of the downtown area, which is a ship building facility that builds whatever for the Department of Defense. The shipbuilding area is bigger than the downtown area, and there is a huge towering crane rising up in the middle of it, like giant claw game crane, ready to swing around toward downtown and grab some tourists or an ice cream shop.
And the ship buildings are so big, the bay doors so huge, looks like they’ve got Godzilla tucked away in there. Apparently, it’s all rather secret, and the only time there’s a glimpse of anything is during a launch of a new ship, and then there’s quite a crowd. I wonder if they make aircraft carriers or something…soooo big. I would have taken pictures, but how can you scale something like that? (Also, perhaps weird to be taking pictures of DOD stuff?? "Suspicious woman arrested for taking random photos of uninteresting metal government buildings...")
Anyway, in contrast, the downtown is quite quaint and looks just like a little tourist town you would see in a guidebook. Not a lot was open yet, but I did go into Reny's, "The Maine Department Store" which had a little bit of everything and had lots of shoppers. Reny's seems to cater to locals with inexpensive clothes and household items, but of course, they had touristy stuff, too:
And the ship buildings are so big, the bay doors so huge, looks like they’ve got Godzilla tucked away in there. Apparently, it’s all rather secret, and the only time there’s a glimpse of anything is during a launch of a new ship, and then there’s quite a crowd. I wonder if they make aircraft carriers or something…soooo big. I would have taken pictures, but how can you scale something like that? (Also, perhaps weird to be taking pictures of DOD stuff?? "Suspicious woman arrested for taking random photos of uninteresting metal government buildings...")
Anyway, in contrast, the downtown is quite quaint and looks just like a little tourist town you would see in a guidebook. Not a lot was open yet, but I did go into Reny's, "The Maine Department Store" which had a little bit of everything and had lots of shoppers. Reny's seems to cater to locals with inexpensive clothes and household items, but of course, they had touristy stuff, too:
Tom's of Maine Toothpaste (not a touristy item, unless you want it to be--I've used it for years, so maybe that's how I ended up here!) But a nice moose, lobster, or loon mug? And of course, postcards and calendars. The magnets were cute, but didn't want to press my luck taking photos...
| 
| 
|
| After the Bath stroll, I went down south of Bath to Phippsburg and beyond, all the way down the "finger" of land to Popham beach. This was a drive of narrow winding roads, with glimpses of bay/river through the trees, and little groups of cottages and campsites mixed in with people’s homes. Phippsburg did not actually seem to be a town, but rather odds and ends of building that kept popping up along the road--antique store, meeting lodge, fire department, chapel, library... |
Seriously--could this be any cuter?? This is about five minutes drive from the beach and the bay/river. Definitely some serious Vacationland!
(Looking south) Beach at Fort Popham, Kennebec River--that's the Atlantic Ocean way out there.
The beach was crowded and hot, but a lovely day in the shade. Water was numbingly cold (notice how many people are not swimming?)--after a few minutes in the water, I couldn't feel the hot sand at all--helpful!
Don't these islands look like sleeping turtles? :-)
Looking north along the same beach, there are the remains of an old fort. At first I was seriously excited about this fort, as I thought it was the remains of the Popham Colony: According to Moon Handbooks Maine, in 1607, Captains George Popham and Raleigh Gilbert sailed to the New World and established a colony at the tip of the Phippsburg Peninsula. Frigid weather, untimely deaths (including George Popham's), and a storehouse fire doomed the colony--but before they gave up, the hundred or so settlers built a 30-ton ship. When Gilbert found out about an inheritance waiting for him in England, he and the colonists returned to the Old World.
So I was thinking that this was over 400 years old, and I was like whoa!!!! Pretty amazing stuff for colonists to have constructed...but it's not that at all! It's an old Civil War fort--Fort Popham.
So I was thinking that this was over 400 years old, and I was like whoa!!!! Pretty amazing stuff for colonists to have constructed...but it's not that at all! It's an old Civil War fort--Fort Popham.
(click photo to enlarge)
Imagining the fort without the tourists, it's all very "Where have all the flowers gone...."
So after I wandered around the fort for awhile and enjoyed the cooling breeze that blew through the open arches, I headed back up north toward home. Ended up going up and down the main road on the "finger" a few times in an attempt to find something called Squirrel Point (which looks like a place to see a lighthouse) but finally gave that up. Getting grumpy and ready to be done with adventuring for the day.. Did see a baby fox (kit?) while meandering around on the back roads.
Probably only went 1.5 hours away from Auburn, all told, but like a different world! (Yay!!)
Probably only went 1.5 hours away from Auburn, all told, but like a different world! (Yay!!)
Downtown Bath
So that's the news!
Since the day trip, I've been spending time at home trying to get caught up with things (trying to get stuff off that list of things that I never quite get around to finishing) and also having fun studying children's books and writing some of my own stories. It's been on my agenda for awhile now to try and see if I can get some articles (or books??) for kids published, so I'm researching how to do that. Am so in love with kiddie lit right now--the more I learn about and read it, the more in awe I am of it--looks so simple, but it's so amazing. And the authors that are also illustrators--that blows me away!
And of course, I spend a fair amount of time freaking out about the job/money situation, but whatever. That's nothing new. Hopefully I'll get a call for something soon. Meanwhile it's summer (it's been in the 90's here at times!!) and that's a wonderful thing in and of itself.
I hope you all are having a wonderful summer with lots of fun adventures!!
Since the day trip, I've been spending time at home trying to get caught up with things (trying to get stuff off that list of things that I never quite get around to finishing) and also having fun studying children's books and writing some of my own stories. It's been on my agenda for awhile now to try and see if I can get some articles (or books??) for kids published, so I'm researching how to do that. Am so in love with kiddie lit right now--the more I learn about and read it, the more in awe I am of it--looks so simple, but it's so amazing. And the authors that are also illustrators--that blows me away!
And of course, I spend a fair amount of time freaking out about the job/money situation, but whatever. That's nothing new. Hopefully I'll get a call for something soon. Meanwhile it's summer (it's been in the 90's here at times!!) and that's a wonderful thing in and of itself.
I hope you all are having a wonderful summer with lots of fun adventures!!
Demonym List
This is probably pretty accurate, but there are probably other names, too--for example, aren't people from Indiana often called Hoosiers?
| Alabama-Alabamian, Alabaman Alaska-Alaskan Arizona-Arizonan, Arizonian Arkansas -Arkansan California-Californian Colorado-Coloradan, Coloradoan Connecticut-Nutmegger Delaware-Delawarean Florida-Floridian, Floridan Georgia-Georgian Hawaii-Hawaiian Idaho-Idahoan Illinois-Illinoisan Indiana-Indianan, Indianian Iowa-Iowan Kansas-Kansan Kentucky-Kentuckian Louisiana-Louisianan, Louisianian Maine-Mainer Maryland-Marylander Massachusetts-Bay Stater Michigan-Michigander, Michiganite Minnesota-Minnesotan Mississippi-Mississippian Missouri-Missourian Montana-Montanan | Nebraska-Nebraskan Nevada-Nevadan, Nevadian New Hampshire-New Hampshirite New Jersey-New Jerseyite, New Jerseyan New Mexico-New Mexican New York-New Yorker North Carolina-North Carolinian North Dakota-North Dakotan Ohio-Ohioan Oklahoma-Oklahoman Oregon-Oregonian Pennsylvania-Pennsylvanian Rhode Island-Rhode Islanders South Carolina-South Carolinian South Dakota-South Dakotan Tennessee-Tennessean, Tennesseean Texas-Texan Utah-Utahan, Utahn Vermont-Vermonter Virginia-Virginian Washington-Washingtonian West Virginia-West Virginian Wisconsin-Wisconsinite Wyoming-Wyomingite Source: Nicknames of U.S. State Residents (Reference) - TeacherVision.com |
Driving home in Maine--but doesn't this look like it could be just about anywhere? Life is a highway, baby!
RSS Feed
