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sunset from my front door

it’s incredible. this having two homes at each end of one journey thing. i once heard someone described as a perfect snail: carrying her home on her back wherever she went.

i don’t own a condo in Vancouver or a piece of land in Saskatchewan. i barely have a permanent mailing address (provided only through my most stable mother). but i do own this now-sweaty t-shirt on my back. and wherever i go, i am home.

Lucky, this point in time and space
Is chosen as my working place;
Where the sexy airs of summer,
The bathing hours and the bare arms,
The leisured drives through a land of farms,
Are good to the newcomer.

~ W. H. Auden

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13 Comments so far

  1. jillian on May 3, 2008 10:17 pm

    very glad you survived the never ending trip home!

  2. Dr. K. on May 3, 2008 10:28 pm

    Yay! :)

  3. kev on May 3, 2008 11:01 pm

    I’m not convinced this rhymes with rant ;)

    welcome home, miz hawke. glad you’re where you should be.

  4. kev on May 3, 2008 11:06 pm

    also… 150% more? dude, that’s way too sweet, but I suppose the spice balances… no?

  5. Marie-Eve on May 4, 2008 11:24 am

    Welcome back on your island!

  6. Chris on May 4, 2008 7:09 pm

    Life is grand, truly.

  7. Sarah on May 4, 2008 9:20 pm

    and it makes me feel so fine I can’t control my brain
    (that you’re home) hip hip

  8. jane on May 4, 2008 10:50 pm

    Now its Nap Nap time after that marathon trip:))

  9. Cristina on May 5, 2008 10:35 am

    Welcome back! We could almost see Nevis from Saba today so I thought of you. Good luck this semester.

  10. joelucas on May 5, 2008 1:06 pm

    Glad you and your sweaty t-shirt home made it safely. WOW 32 hours. I had a hard enough time a few years ago with 20 hours back from Amsterdam to SNA.
    Beautiful shot.

  11. darlene on May 5, 2008 1:16 pm

    glad you made it safely to your other home :) enjoy and good luck with this semester :) xo

  12. Sarah on May 5, 2008 2:06 pm

    Welcome back to school! Hope orientation was good!

  13. sms on May 6, 2008 5:52 am

    wow..ha..finally home..but i’ve never seen someone leaves her parents home,and travel all the way to an island and she feels happy and always looking forward to ,too.

    i’m compleltly the opposite of u..anyway i’m glad u survived through this very very long and exhusting trip..

    sms xxx

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