tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11362365.post114652472693526034..comments2023-10-26T02:31:05.834-07:00Comments on Celebrity Sea Slugs: Little thingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11362365.post-1146983960220753472006-05-06T23:39:00.000-07:002006-05-06T23:39:00.000-07:00Oh, Meg dearest, I'm so sorry about Leo. It's surr...Oh, Meg dearest, I'm so sorry about Leo. It's surreal, isn't it? It was pretty rough when Kona died, and being home without a hyperactive lab jumping all over me for the first time made homecoming strangly empty and incomplete.<BR/><BR/>I loved reading about your sense of return. I remember feeling the exact same way my first winter break after starting grad school. The people and places around whom and which my sentiments were so tightly entwined bound me to my beloved hometown. Even the landscape seemed to tell me I belonged there, and not here, and I wondered if Berkeley could ever be populated with memories and moments. And yet I have found myself growing attached to lovably oddball Berkeley, just as I grew to love austere alpine Grenoble and frenzied claustrophobic Saigon. Although no place will ever re-place (yes, that was a terrible postmodern twitch) Seattle, don't give up hope that Cambridge and other places may someday prove fulfilling. And, yes, I believe bending grad school, career, and your first born are all worth finding your way back home. Why study, work, or raise children in any other place?<BR/><BR/>I'll be home soon too, but we'll just miss each other. So I'll see you next Christmas. At home.<BR/><BR/>-berkeley girlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11362365.post-1146672525232551342006-05-03T09:08:00.000-07:002006-05-03T09:08:00.000-07:00It's too bad you didn't get here last month. I thi...It's too bad you didn't get here last month. I think you would have found things far less enchanting. I know complaining about the weather is pretty shallow, but a bit of spring sunshine can be downright intoxicating, can't it? And it is a beautiful week. Welcome back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com