As for the Scots, it is believed that one of the reasons that the Scots Irish settled in the Appalachians was because it reminded them of their ancestral homeland in the Scottish Highlands. The rolling green hills, temperate climate. It was well suited to them. I suppose they settled the craggy coasts of Nova Scotia for the same reasons. It's funny how people choose similar places in diaspora.
Place is so important to me in my writing. I often write about my personal connection to place, and I like to set my scenes in the backdrop of history and place. For me, it's my home in upstate NY, or my mother's family home in Virginia. Those are places to which I feel connected.
Sometimes, I write about places to which I feel no connection, like a family vacation that I took when I was 9. Or New England, which, though I always say I have no connection to, I still know so much about anyway.
As for the Scots, it is believed that one of the reasons that the Scots Irish settled in the Appalachians was because it reminded them of their ancestral homeland in the Scottish Highlands. The rolling green hills, temperate climate. It was well suited to them. I suppose they settled the craggy coasts of Nova Scotia for the same reasons. It's funny how people choose similar places in diaspora.
Such a good theory, Lila!!
Place is so important to me in my writing. I often write about my personal connection to place, and I like to set my scenes in the backdrop of history and place. For me, it's my home in upstate NY, or my mother's family home in Virginia. Those are places to which I feel connected.
Sometimes, I write about places to which I feel no connection, like a family vacation that I took when I was 9. Or New England, which, though I always say I have no connection to, I still know so much about anyway.
It's so grounding and identifiable, isn't it Lila? Thanks for the great comment!
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