A Place in the Country BY BILL ZIE RCH E R
Bill Ziercher is the founder of Select Properties Real Estate. He has been active in building, buying, selling, and managing rural real estate and income property for over 25 years. For a free consultation on marketing your rural property, you can contact Bill at 314.412.3966. and for copies of previous “A Place in the Country” Articles you can email him at ziercher59@gmail.com.
at·trac·tion: the action or power of
evoking interest, pleasure, or liking for someone or something to The Country.
There is the music of songbirds in the morning, coyotes at night or the sound of water falling. The design, colors and symmetry of Balance is noble in most wildflowers things in life. In my cannot fully be Bill and sons Kyle and Kameron at mind one thing that is reproduced in Lizard Head Wilderness, Colorado out of balance in large images or on parts of our society is canvas. The tracts of your own property provide greater technology as a way to poetry of forests, hunting opportunities. Owning your own experience everyday sunrises and place also appeals to the left brain because living, as opposed to ducks landing on land is a very sound long-term investment realism. As an example, water still one’s and as I ask, “When was the last time you people (especially our heart. To truly or your family could enjoy a portion of children) are not made experience the your 401K or stock portfolio as much?” Or, to spend hours every day Sunrise at White Mountain Wilderness, heavens at night “When you die, do you want to leave more in front of a screen or New Mexico above . . . and moonset below you must be away money or more shared memories with your iPhone. I am not proposfrom city lights. kids and grandkids?” ing people live an AmishThere are multiple ways to experience My brother and his family live in Durango, like lifestyle, rather a little more balance of nature, and it certainly is both qualitative Colorado. They have a rustic cabin just “virtual” with realism. John Paul II provides and quantitative, meaning you cannot fully South of Telluride on a small lot that overa healthy view of technology where he appreciate the great outdoors with just looks Trout Lake on the San Juan Skyway, says machines are “man’s ally because they momentary immersions in the country. the Uncumpahrge National Forest is on his facilitate his work, perfect, accelerate and Why buy the cow when you can get the back doorstep and the Lizard Head Wilaugment it.” (1) milk for free? We are blessed in the United derness is just across the highway. One of Christina Ianzito, an award-winning travel States to live in a country the key attributes is that door-to-door from writer, cites studies that that has more public home to cabin is under two hours. Likewise, show nature is a good access to fishing, hunting in the St Charles/St Louis region a little prescription for physical, and recreational activiincremental drive provides a much greater mental and emotional ties than any other place return: buying a place an hour and a half (2) well-being. We live on earth. For those who out vs. an hour provides a lot more bang for longer, are more comcan afford owning a place your buck, but 2 hours or much further you fortable, well-fed and in the country there and your family are less likely to get there live largely peaceful lives are additional benefits. to enjoy it as often. from the fruits of the Roots and family mem1 Laborem Exercens natural sciences. On the ories, the freedom to use 2 Nature: The Prescription for Better other hand, what would the land how and when Mental Health life be without the Arts you choose, and larger
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and Philosophy, Music and Poetry? Nature and rural time evoke those in a very real way, not faux, virtually or as some artificial environment.
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his article is a little more philosophical than usual. The subject is the attraction or better yet immersing yourself in a rural getaway, or even moving there and adopting it as a way of life.
