So, I spent the remainder of Saturday at the rooftop pool in Terminal 1 at Changi Airport. It was 27'C both in and out of the water, so just nicely warm against your skin, but still refreshing. I met a nice young Architect on his way home to Sydney and we chatted for a couple of hours while treading water in the shade. (The European tourists all ( Read more... )

Home is - or should be - a place of safety, a refuge. Home is where, when you close the door, you feel you can just be yourself. It's the place where you have the key and get to say who comes in and who stays out. It's where you sleep. It can be a 40 room mansion, or a single room. Not all houses are homes, not all homes are houses.

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I was asked today if I'm going to continue this journal now that I'm home.

The answer is yes, at least while I finish the wrap up.  As those of you who read LOTR know, it's the going away and coming home again that makes the quest genre.  Also, there are some photos I never got around to posting.

Now for some audience participation.  It come to my ( Read more... )