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Blanche - I only wish I could be more of a gypsy!

posted by Ca88andra on May 15, 2006 at 3:25 AM | link to this | reply

Ca88andra,

I hope you are out "gypsyiing" and enjoying the day.

posted by Blanche. on May 13, 2006 at 10:12 AM | link to this | reply

Azur - that is a very comforting comment!

posted by Ca88andra on May 11, 2006 at 3:22 AM | link to this | reply

Blanche - maybe my problem is that I'm not tired of being a gypsy.

posted by Ca88andra on May 11, 2006 at 3:21 AM | link to this | reply

lovelylady - thank you.

posted by Ca88andra on May 11, 2006 at 3:20 AM | link to this | reply

mneme - thats probably why I want to be cremated instead of buried. I feel that if I'm buried I will be stuck in the same spot for eternity, but if I'm cremated I can be scattered over an ocean and be free.

posted by Ca88andra on May 11, 2006 at 3:19 AM | link to this | reply

Qween - I'm glad someone understands!

posted by Ca88andra on May 11, 2006 at 3:17 AM | link to this | reply

Taps - to carry your home with you - what a nice idea! I bet you do it well too.

posted by Ca88andra on May 11, 2006 at 3:16 AM | link to this | reply

malcolm, I guess for most people home is where their family is.

posted by Ca88andra on May 11, 2006 at 3:15 AM | link to this | reply

Temple, I dont know how to build roots lol! But I sure hope your roots build and make a lovely home.

posted by Ca88andra on May 11, 2006 at 3:14 AM | link to this | reply

I have a couple of homes metaphorically speaking

and none prevails. There are a number of other places where I could be equally happy and they are all quite different. It' s not an adjustment everyone could make.  You sound similar. It doesn't matter, the world has room for that

posted by Azur on May 10, 2006 at 12:38 AM | link to this | reply

Ca88andra,

This is so moving. I am having to give a lot of thought to what makes "home" home, too.  I have put down roots in 2 years,  and I am tired of the discombobulation of moving.  Melbourne sounds like a beautiful city, and I love your description of being a citizen of the world, and a free spirit.  It isn't material things that make a home, I believe, but I am tired of being a gypsy. 

posted by Blanche. on May 9, 2006 at 6:56 PM | link to this | reply

I know how you feel, Cass...

posted by lovelyladymonk on May 8, 2006 at 11:13 AM | link to this | reply

I sympathise..

For me, home is a sense of rightness, of completeness; as I said recently in answer to one of the comments on my post, for me it isn't really about place, although I do think you have to like enough about where you are to feel settled; it is about the spirit and how comfortable you are with your life, where you are in your life.  I have had the occasional panic attack, caused by the uncertainty of where we were going to be in the years ahead; for a long time I actively didn't want to die here - where would I be buried?  I didn't even know where the cemeteries were - but then I decided I would be cremated and they could put me in a jar, for ease of transport.  It sounds silly now but it was so important once, and now I don't even think about it.  Just about where I'm going to end up.  

posted by mneme on May 8, 2006 at 4:38 AM | link to this | reply

ca88

From one gypsy to another I soooo understand this post.

posted by ALWAYSALOVER on May 7, 2006 at 6:02 PM | link to this | reply

Ca88andra

What a pensive post.   It first made my thoughts go back to my Dad at the height of his Alzheimer's disease.   He was always trying to go home when he was at home expecially in the evenings at sundown.  He was a physically active man and someone had to monitor him continuously or he would wander away looking for home.   We could never figure out what home he was looking for.   Then, I considered myself and the homes that I have had in 68+ years.   Each one was my home at the time and dear to my heart and to my memories.   I think that I carry my "home" with me.   I am content that wherever I live at the time, I am at home in my heart.

posted by TAPS. on May 7, 2006 at 12:28 PM | link to this | reply

I think my home

will be where my family are but, at the same time, I feel as if my roots are always going to be here in the Fens.

posted by malcolm on May 7, 2006 at 11:23 AM | link to this | reply

I finally fingured out San Diego is home just last Thanksgiving...

.... no matter how many places I call home (really only Albuquerque).  It feels good to settle, now I can build roots.  It will develop for you, too, I think.

posted by Temple on May 7, 2006 at 5:06 AM | link to this | reply