Originally posted by Mary Anna:
I'm not exactly sure what would be the one for me if there were no other factors--husbandly preferences, locations of loved ones, global warming, hurricanes, and such--but this house and location look a lot like the fantasy house I wrote about in the Faye books.
I don't like all of the interior and it's hard to tell what's going on with the water. I think it looks green because it's very shallow behind the house, which is a good thing, but I'd want to make sure that all those rich people throwing fertilizer on their yards hadn't ruined the thing that brought them there in the first place. (This is a metaphor for Florida.)
The down side of this house is that writing about the house I wrote about was intended to call attention to the evils of slavery and the plantation system. Living in a house modeled on that system is just the opposite of that and would, in fact, be icky, so let me cast about for a better dream house-we-will-never-buy.
https://www.zillow.com/homedet...7617_zpid/?mmlb=g,59Here you go! It's not very pretty on the outside, but it doesn't have that icky faux-plantation look and there's no arguing with the beauty of the beach and water. The other one had a place to park your yacht, but we don't have a yacht.
https://www.zillow.com/homedet...2459/48115381_zpid/? 
