As a child, it was great because we had so many acres to play around on. The neighbors were a few miles away, so it was just our house and acres of land to run around on.  It was completely safe. Nobody locked their doors. I was riding bikes or climbing trees, riding ponies; really sort of idyllic Laura Ingalls Wilder type of stuff.  There were chores involved as well, but I just remember playing so much; building forts with my brother, and just playing in the flowers. We had cattle, we had horses, we had pigs for a while, rabbits.  It was really wonderful.

The town closest was about 400 people. The high school was two towns combined; the two nearby towns combined.  I think when I was in high school, the high school student population was about 115, 120, so my graduating class was 18. It was insanely small, which is why it was wonderful growing up.

The Silver Bullet was actually a small Dodge Ram. I don’t even know what year it was. All four of us drove that same pickup truck through high school, which was fine, because none of the kids had really supped-up, fancy cars. We were fine to drive the Silver Bullet. I didn’t have a boyfriend all through high school because you’d known these people since you were five, and it’s not like they’re suddenly mysterious to you and there’s an attraction that wasn’t there before. So the dating thing was a bit tough. Once I got to junior high and high school, I was clawing at the walls to get out

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