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Coming home

E-mail|Link|Comments (3) Posted by Robin Abrahams July 10, 2008 05:39 PM

Well, between the Renaissance Weekend and subsequent visit to ConductMom, I feel like I've been gone for a year. One of the things that signaled "home" to me, this time around, was the number of Irish-looking people on the plane to Boston, and at Logan. This is something I hadn't really noticed before (of course, a lot of our travel is to the UK, where there are also a fair number of Irish, go figure). The Ozarks and Utah have a lot of people of Germanic/Scandinavian descent, and more recent Asian and Latino immigrants, but not nearly as many Irish folk as in Boston. So, all you Connellys and Donnellys and O'Briens and Patricks and Caseys out there, thank you for making me feel like I'm back home!

What signals to you that you're back on your home turf, wherever that may be?

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Being from the Phoenix/Tucson Arizona area, seeing cacti and people wearing sandals in December makes me feel like I'm back home..... there is nothing that makes me feel more away from home than seeing people all bundled up in scarves, coats and such....

Posted by Marianne July 10, 08 10:10 PM

I know I'm "home" in Seattle when a week (maybe even a day!) can't go by without a news story about salmon. My mother even sent me a news clipping about 2wks ago showing the captain of an Alaska Airlines flight walking the tarmac with a 20lb salmon - it was a celebratory gesture to announce the start of the Copper River salmon run. I think it was front page news of the day.

Posted by MAK July 10, 08 11:21 PM

Having lived in Upsate NY for a few years, nothing made me feel more at home than seeing Red Sox hats! Make a pit stop on the Pike and there you are.

Posted by RT July 11, 08 04:13 PM

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