I deeply appreciate the writer’s feelings, having moved often and then in my later years finally understanding the meaning of place but still moving once more to appreciate the difference in surroundings and what is Core and what is the Surround. And when the surround becomes so familiar and so tied into daily life and habits and thoughts and experiences that if becomes part of the core. And the willingness too let it happened. In a few weeks I will once again, living in the urban neighborhood of Coolidge Corner, Boston, visit with the Mississippi branch of my family and that will be just fine.
Why did you have to be in my head like that? For the first time in my 56 years of life, I feel like I am home, 4368 miles from my birthplace. It’s the people here, wrapping me in their inquisitive and welcoming arms. It’s the joy of cooking for those who have food curled tight around every memory. Home means more here, nobody loves Mississippi more than Mississippi and I am here for it!!
I deeply appreciate the writer’s feelings, having moved often and then in my later years finally understanding the meaning of place but still moving once more to appreciate the difference in surroundings and what is Core and what is the Surround. And when the surround becomes so familiar and so tied into daily life and habits and thoughts and experiences that if becomes part of the core. And the willingness too let it happened. In a few weeks I will once again, living in the urban neighborhood of Coolidge Corner, Boston, visit with the Mississippi branch of my family and that will be just fine.
We share a nomad's spirit, you and I! I love this idea of the Core and the Surround.
Why did you have to be in my head like that? For the first time in my 56 years of life, I feel like I am home, 4368 miles from my birthplace. It’s the people here, wrapping me in their inquisitive and welcoming arms. It’s the joy of cooking for those who have food curled tight around every memory. Home means more here, nobody loves Mississippi more than Mississippi and I am here for it!!
Trace, that is so cool to hear! And I couldn't agree more with this: "nobody loves Mississippi more than Mississippi and I am here for it!!"