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We write about places we are familiar with or places we visit. Sometimes those visits are intentional for doing research for a project. Hence, our visit to Annapolis, MD while writing my second book, The Superintendent. The settings in this book are all from my childhood. Descriptions are pretty accurate when it comes to the way things looked. the town names are the names to the local cemeteries where family is buried. Nothing fancy, you write about what you know. A lake with an island, small towns, and western New York. If you know me, you know where these places are. https://www.jeffreythrallbooks.com/
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The Retirement
Nancy’s in-laws had been given the deed to the island—which was four square miles and located in the middle of Shadow Lake—from a local businessman who operated several resorts in the Adirondack State Park. Her father-in-law was a teacher and worked summers at one of the resorts, keeping it a success, so the businessman rewarded them with the island getaway and a cabin. Because many of the lakes in the area were connected by rivers, creeks, or channels, they would be able to commute to their summer jobs via boat. They started with one cabin and expanded each time the family grew. It now was a complex of four cabins, each able to comfortably house a family of eight, a boathouse, and two maintenance sheds that were the size of small barns. There were two towns within an easy boat ride of the island: the town of Dartford, located on the lower end of the lake, and the village of Bluffton, snuggled in the upper bay.
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