An academic nomad.... initially I thought you meant metaphorically, but you meant physically. I like the term, either way. I am glad you are finding a sense of place. When we moved to this home last year, I was nervous I would not be able to adjust. It is very different here culturally and geographically. In less than a year, I have found a few niches, started a writer's group and took on a part-time job that lets me learn about the community I now call home. It can be done. But it definitely takes some work. Congratulations on your success!
Well, my "project" is a work in process for sure -- but actually deciding about it and claiming it have been important first steps. Without that, it always seemed like I was asking, "What's next?" I'm so glad to hear you have found your home as well. Glad to be in touch, and wishing you well.
Hal, reading this is so timely for me, as I feel I'm in this same journey of figuring out "home." (I have a draft post in my head where I conclude that the only reason I could not become a rapper is because I have no hood to rap about. LOL)
I feel really strongly about getting a library card wherever I live. That, along with a drivers' license and voters' registration, is one of the main ways I've tried to belong in whatever new place I moved to. I'm so happy you've found a happy place in your local library! I hope one day I can visit you and we go there, maybe before sharing memories on your deck. 🙂
This brought a much-needed smile today -- so thank you for that! Please do come for a visit!!! That would be wonderful. This is a beautiful part of the country, and I'd love to show you around and share some of those memories. And I'm so glad you're writing on SS!
Fascinating meditation on finding your place. Ten years ago, I made a highly unexpected move from a very simple and essentially financially bare bones world of writing, being the pastoral conscience of the city where I lived, and doing volunteer work with the near homeless into what I immediately termed, "the world of the impossibly rich and the impossibly thin." It was not an easy adjustment. I floundered for several years before finding my "tribe" here. It is neither as rich nor as thin as I initially assumed (thank goodness), and a group of wonderful, generous friends now surrounds me. In addition, I've found multiple areas where I can serve and connect.
How wonderful that you have found your "tribe" (or your "peeps," as I called them in an earlier essay.) And especially important that you've been able to find those ways to serve and connect. Onward we go!!
An academic nomad.... initially I thought you meant metaphorically, but you meant physically. I like the term, either way. I am glad you are finding a sense of place. When we moved to this home last year, I was nervous I would not be able to adjust. It is very different here culturally and geographically. In less than a year, I have found a few niches, started a writer's group and took on a part-time job that lets me learn about the community I now call home. It can be done. But it definitely takes some work. Congratulations on your success!
Well, my "project" is a work in process for sure -- but actually deciding about it and claiming it have been important first steps. Without that, it always seemed like I was asking, "What's next?" I'm so glad to hear you have found your home as well. Glad to be in touch, and wishing you well.
Hal, reading this is so timely for me, as I feel I'm in this same journey of figuring out "home." (I have a draft post in my head where I conclude that the only reason I could not become a rapper is because I have no hood to rap about. LOL)
I feel really strongly about getting a library card wherever I live. That, along with a drivers' license and voters' registration, is one of the main ways I've tried to belong in whatever new place I moved to. I'm so happy you've found a happy place in your local library! I hope one day I can visit you and we go there, maybe before sharing memories on your deck. 🙂
This brought a much-needed smile today -- so thank you for that! Please do come for a visit!!! That would be wonderful. This is a beautiful part of the country, and I'd love to show you around and share some of those memories. And I'm so glad you're writing on SS!
Fascinating meditation on finding your place. Ten years ago, I made a highly unexpected move from a very simple and essentially financially bare bones world of writing, being the pastoral conscience of the city where I lived, and doing volunteer work with the near homeless into what I immediately termed, "the world of the impossibly rich and the impossibly thin." It was not an easy adjustment. I floundered for several years before finding my "tribe" here. It is neither as rich nor as thin as I initially assumed (thank goodness), and a group of wonderful, generous friends now surrounds me. In addition, I've found multiple areas where I can serve and connect.
Dear Christy,
How wonderful that you have found your "tribe" (or your "peeps," as I called them in an earlier essay.) And especially important that you've been able to find those ways to serve and connect. Onward we go!!
Yes, onward for as long as we can. It's the best way to live out these last years.