About Transplanted North
My name is Stacy Gittleman, but people who knew me from college call me Scoop. I am a freelance writer and most of all a mom of three living in Rochester, NY, a little city with big cultural and community offerings surrounded by suburbia, lots of farmland, parks, trails — and the historic Erie Canal waterway system. I long for my garden all winter. If I can’t be in my garden (which up here, is about four months out of the year), I’m at yoga, Zumba, Israeli Folk Dancing or hanging out with my husband and kids.
I grew up in New York City, big, crowded, the center of the Universe.
Are you a transplant? How long did it take you before you felt settled in your new town? What was your biggest adjustment? Or, will you always feel like you belong back where you are “from?” Tell me your story and you can guest blog for me!
Secondly, I am a freelance columnist for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. My column appears in some editions of the Friday Our Towns Section. I cover the towns of Brighton, Victor, Pittsford, Webster and Penfield. On occasion, I creep into covering the southeast side of the city. I love writing my column because it generally makes people happy. I write about people and organizations doing good things for their community. My blog posts include parts of previously published columns, expanded with my personal perspectives that won’t fit into my 500 word column allotment.
So, if you live in the aforementioned towns, and you know a good human interest story, or if there is an issue in your town that concerns you and you think it warrants attention, please write to me and I might include it in my column.
Hi Transplanted North. Just about to read your blog. Being a nice Jewish boy from the old East side of London (just about within earshot of Bow Bells) which makes me a genuine ‘Cockney’ geezer, I was drawn by the title of your blog…’What’s….’
Halloween has only just started to become fashionable here in the UK. We have Guy Fawkes night. Our trick or treating is if you don’t come across with something, preferably hard cash or maybe something moist, we’ll come back later and firebomb your home. It usually works a treat.
I write a fortnightly column for Taxi; but let me read on…
Fascinating…for a minute there I thought you meant you were transplanted from Israel…of course, I can see how being transplanted from the city to the North Pole could seem like worlds apart…
Bless You
thank you for your comment and your subscription to my post. It’s not quite the north pole, but we did wake to snow this morning, but disappointingly, just a dusting. and, in my dreams, I WISH I could transplant myself to Israel : )
Please don’t transplant yourself any further than you are. Seven house away from us is far enough
love M&D
I meant hours……
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