Thinking of home fills me with things that once were and things that will never be again. I encounter the nostalgia that lurks behind all memories, the shadowy nostalgia that sometimes welcomes us with a smile and other times inspires a wistful sorrow. When I think of this place today—home—I…
Posts published in February 2019
The phrase “living abroad” is in vogue; it has been for some time. It’s a phrase with an aura of adventure, capturing a wanderlust once romanticized in the novels of Hemingway and Kerouac, and today embellished in social media and student-exchange programs. Planting a life somewhere outside your native country…