New Hampshire, Why I love My Adopted State by Ashlyn Chase

No offense, Massachusetts, but when I drive just an hour south and wind up on one of your mighty eight-lane highways or city streets, I’m already wishing I was home. Home, for the past thirty-three years, is New Hampshire.

New Hampshire, where we actually use turn signals—even to change lanes!

Where a person will slow down and wave you in because they know you want to cross paths.

There are a number of times I’ve been treated rudely on the road, only to glance at the license plate and say, “Oh, of course. Another bad-ass from Mass.” (You know I’m being nice here, right? Some people call an aggressive Massachusetts driver a Masshole.)

Well, turnabout is fairplay, so I’ll acknowledge your nickname for us. Cow Hampshire. Yep. I’m chewing on a piece of hay right now. LOL

We’re simply your nice neighbors to the north. You come here year-round to enjoy our mountains. (How many above 4,000 feet do you have? Oh, none? Yeah, we have 49.)

You can laugh at our coastline. We only have 18 miles of it, but the Canadians flock to Hampton Beach like it’s their own back yard. Perhaps it’s because we say, “Bienvenue!”

I live in a great spot. Just half an hour from the coast and an hour from Boston or the NH Lakes region.

All of the six New England states together amount to about the size of many western states. Because of this, everything is accessible. New England has ocean, islands, mountains, lakes…and New Hampshire has all of these! 

Plus, we’re more laid back. Our state motto is ‘Live Free or Die.’ That may sound threatening, but it actually means; ‘You do your thing, and we’ll do ours. Don’t try to bully us though. We’re prepared to fight for our rights.’ It’s just too long a slogan to fit on a sign.

If you haven’t guessed by now. I write comedy. I love to laugh and I love love, so I write romantic comedy. Don’t tell me I can’t though, or I’ll mess you up!

Ashlyn Chase describes herself as an Almond Joy bar.  A little nutty, a little flaky, but basically sweet, wanting only to give her readers a satisfying experience.  

She holds a degree in behavioral sciences, worked as a psychiatric RN for 15 years and spent a few more years working for the American Red Cross.  She credits her sense of humor to her former careers since comedy helped preserve whatever was left of her sanity.  She is a multi-published, award-winning author of humorous erotic and paranormal romances, represented by the Seymour Agency.

She lives in beautiful New Hampshire with her true-life hero husband who looks like Hugh Jackman with a salt and pepper dye job, and they’re owned by a spoiled brat cat.  

 

Where there’s fire, there’s Ash

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