reply to Julie: While I may have a right to communication access, for the most part it simply doesn't exist here on the Oregon coast. We have about one person per square mile in our county, little funding for anything, no public rooms or theaters with captioning available. I also have no cell reception at home, and my driveway's flooded for weeks every winter--but I have deer and elk and a heron and egret right outside my office window. Every day. Very hard to work when there's an elk standing not 10' from my desk! Deer often come and breathe on the glass, reminding me that they'd like me to come out and offer treats; several eat out of our hands. Not lots of traffic on our one-lane gravel road, but every day people stop and get out to take photos of the animals in our yard. We have no neighbors closer than a quarter mile. My husband calls the frequent problem of things getting done slowly "coast time." I gladly traded living on a lot in a big city for what I enjoy her, don't regret leaving some conveniences behind.

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