Tag: rural

• THE GREAT WENT

  Phish tickets were not in my parent’s budget. Luckily, my dad knew a guy. How much trouble could my parents get into on their own during a 2-day music festival in the woods?

  Chelsea Carolyn

  April 12, 2026

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  90s, concert, grandparents, growing up, Maine, memoir, New England, Phish, remembering, rural, stories, the 90s, true story

• On Accidentally Renting a Queer Awakening On VHS & Growing Up in Rural Maine:

  

  I accidentally rented my queer awakening on VHS at the one-stop and watched it with my mother… …I was a stoic possum in a dumpster, praying not to be seen.

  Chelsea Carolyn

  March 11, 2026

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  2000s, adolescence, coming of age, girls’ night, growing up, humor, lgbtq, Maine, memoir, mother-daughter, movies, queer, queer awakening, rural, stories, true story