Solastalgia53
. . . the pain experienced when there is recognition that the place where one resides and that one loves is under immediate assault . . . a form of homesickness one gets when one is still at home.
—Glenn Albrecht
I am home. This may seem an obvious proclamation, but it didn’t always mean the same thing to me. I always had places of residence, family, friends, and community, but the word “home” took on a very different meaning when I came to live in a place I love, a place that hurts to leave, a place I could be bound to for the rest of my days and not think it was such a bad thing. The thought came to me recently as I listened to several lectures, podcasts, and radio shows extolling the virtues of cities, celebrating “exciting” ...
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