Arrival
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Once you’ve lived away from home for long enough, returning comes to seem simultaneously both alien and familiar enough to constitute its own realm of experience. You can never go home, yes, but nor can you ever quite leave.
News helicopters circle over the beach this morning trying to substantiate a sighting of a three-metre shark (our national animal). At dawn the backyard was full of parrots, four or five kinds. The dog places her head on my lap and sighs.
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Posted to General Rants • 2004.12.24 (Fri) • 13:14
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Posted by Serdar Kilic 2004.12.24, 15:02
Welcome back home Jeremy - Sydney is going to have some nice thunderstorms tonight :)
Posted by Massimo Fiorentino 2004.12.25, 09:22
Well, merry x-mas to you then! Hopefully it'll be a merry one!
Such a common theme in many of my friends blogs of late. I like being able to slip into different cultures easily. I guess with my attention span, there will never be anywhere that I am truly "at home" but I like the option of many homes.
J, Can you bring back some Cherry Ripes please??
Posted by VPN 2004.12.27, 23:57
NICE ))))
Posted by soni 2004.12.29, 06:53
dont know wath it's like to arrive. never went away
Posted by Orwell 2004.12.30, 02:20
Once you've lived far away from home for long enough, you realise no place is special, there are thousands and thousands of streets just like one down behind the shopping market. Is there really a home- maybe where you can dine and sleep, yes, but is there a place where you belong???????
Posted by Meredith 2005.01.01, 10:28
Home is such a seductive concept. I used to think traveling would bring me closer to knowing, finding, being home. But as a place, I think home is more or less a daydream. I do find it in moments and people. And that's good for me. Thanks for talking home. I hope to land back in Tokyo at some point. A "home" for a few years a few years ago.
Posted by Nismo 2005.01.04, 13:11
I've found that when we find the place that "fits us best", we tend to make it our new home through an established allegiance, regardless of whether the allegiance was intentional or not. I've come to associate my time on earth as revolving around the time I spent in Osaka, and even though I am living in Japan elsewhere I still consider Osaka the place that suits me best.
Posted by Colecago 2005.01.05, 05:00
I haven't been too far away from my home yet (go to college about 3 hours away only), but one thing I noticed, is that right away when I am entering my town again, I feel a sense of ownership, this is my town and I feel I know everything about it. It's a great feeling though, and the more time spent away, just increases the strength of the feeling.
Posted by Carla 2005.01.06, 13:10
I'm stopping by to say hi since it's de-lurker day… so hi and Happy New Year!
Posted by Andrew Kember 2005.01.07, 01:49
I love it when dogs sigh like that - as if they didn't spend their entire lives being satisfied enough, they just go that bit further with a contented sigh. Happy New Year.
Posted by Munondiziva 2005.01.07, 02:40
Perfectly expressed Jeremy. I just came back from visiting my home in Zimbabwe after three years away. Strange, being in such a familiar place that was once the centre of your world. I guess in my case, Zim has changed so completely that I can't help but feel like a stranger. Everything else is the same.
Posted by MJ 2005.01.11, 00:33
Jeremy stop farting around and come home dammit!
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