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greygirlbeast

Entry #4,949

Apr 06, 2017 07:52

Being who I am, and with all the attendant trouble and chaos of my mind, it isn't good to be awake before Kathryn, awake before most of the city, awake before most of this street. But something woke me about 5:30 this morning, and I finally gave up trying to get back to sleep. I wasn't well, and my busy mind wouldn't have let me rest, I think, even ( Read more... )

regret, leeds, homesickness, dear sweet filthy world, sense of place, 2008, providence, insomnia, grey skies, withdrawal, the south, april, grey, atlanta, decisions, mom, birmingham, trains, cormac mccarthy, cold spring, alien, sky dunes

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rivervox April 6 2017, 12:54:21 UTC

A heavy grey day indeed. Next week's weather looks better but it's been a hard winter. Do what you need to do to take care of yourself.

ext_3832906 April 6 2017, 15:04:41 UTC

Safe travels to your homeland. Perhaps you could collect a few jars of Alabama soil (and maybe even some wildflower seeds) to bring back with you. It's not so strange. Even Dracula drew strength from the terra of his birth land as he traveled.

sovay April 6 2017, 16:42:38 UTC

It's not the best scenario, but I need to get away from here.

Travel safe if you travel.

setsuled April 6 2017, 17:26:20 UTC

I couldn't sleep either last night for some reason. I got up and read "The Merrow" in Yeats' collection of Irish folk tales which kind of reminded me of you.

The place is a part of me. The place is somehow integral to who I am, though I wish that were not the case.

I guess I should count myself lucky I feel attached to San Diego. Well, aside from the rising cost of living. I usually don't feel like I am attached until I spend some time away from the county. Though maybe if I visited some really great places I'd feel different.