tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13537757.post2530397721775791910..comments2023-10-12T01:05:43.433-07:00Comments on the gallivanting monkey: whereTina Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982100203591837083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13537757.post-76348860792891066912014-10-16T06:51:40.040-07:002014-10-16T06:51:40.040-07:00I have an honest and freakishly strong connection ...I have an honest and freakishly strong connection to my house. Unfortunately it is not located in my soul city, Chicago, which is three hours away. People's attachments to places are fascinating.Cheryl in Wisconsinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724939947607431433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13537757.post-63632299451147630662014-10-15T13:55:23.215-07:002014-10-15T13:55:23.215-07:00Don't want to interrupt other threads in your ...Don't want to interrupt other threads in your FB feed :-) but I feel like we don't put a whole lot of emphasis on place, and it was a thing that really smacked me down while in Baltimore for grad school - I picked the school over the place, and was unprepared for HOW MUCH IT WASN'T my place. You'd think I was a little, sheltered Seattle-ite who had never been anywhere else, but NO - honestly, I probably don't belong ANYPLACE. I lived in several different cities and countries before I turned 18. Seattle was the first one I picked for myself, when I moved here after college. What I notice is that I just physically, psychically feel better here. I think it's that juxtaposition of elements: water, earth & fire (volcanoes!) that soothes this savage beast. I love the weather here. But the city itself has changed a lot since I arrived in '92. Rents have gotten ridiculous, and I remain an outsider artistically and ideologically. Not sure where else I'd go, but not sure if it will be possible to stay here, which breaks my heart. Anyway - sorry, I'm rambling a LOT, but place is something I feel very strongly about, and had to share, even if that makes me deeply uncool. :-)Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997854060402995659noreply@blogger.com