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Returning home from traveling certainly can feel more like a crash than a starry descent!“More like a meteorite that has fallen to earth than a returning star.” Especially with tax returns waiting. It’s usually so good to be home though.

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You're so right, Stephanie! No starry descent for me! But yes, it's good to be home. 😊

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I also have doubts that Helena actually got her happy ending.

I have had many returns home. To me, each new place I live or stay absorbs me, so that I feel as if I had always lived or could always live there. When I return home, which I also love, it is not as if now I feel more comfortable or at home, but rather as if I am passing from one dimension of living to another.

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I think it's a difficult to make the play work in performance; it's hard to believe in Helena being happy with this sneering cynic.

Passing from one dimension of living to another is a good way of describing the experience of returning home.

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My birthday is July 7 and I never knew there was a festival, let alone a Star festival. How lovely! And while I don't weave, I do needlepoint so maybe I should ramp up the stitching:) I will definitely celebrate the returning star!

Thanks Jeffrey, and welcome home! Happy Tanabata!

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I'm really glad to hear that you can now combine a star festival with your birthday! Many happy returns!

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Thank you Jeffrey! I really am delighted! Thought about hanging some streamers and stars on my tree but we're expecting winds and rain thanks to Tropical Storm Beryl, so maybe next year... I love the new insight into many happy returns!

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Many happy returns and take care in the storm!

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Glad to see you back, making connections between seemingly disparate things.

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Thank you, Rona!

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Welcome home.

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Thank you, June!

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Hi Jeff

Lovely writing as ever . Really enjoying your pieces.

Ps we met years ago when I was with BC IN Peru

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Hi Anne, thank you for your kind words and good to hear from you after all these years! I hope you are enjoying Substack.

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Welcome back (to Substack, although you never truly left) Jeffery! Love how you give different meanings to “return”. Hope you had a great time on your vacation!

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Thank you, Yi Xue!

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Happy Tanabata! And welcome back. ;)

I’m not so sure how I feel about the once-a-year solution. But better than nothing I suppose.

Happy weaving (ahem taxes et al). I suppose we all must do what the, ahem again, gods demand. 😉

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Thanks, Holly! it feels good, but not a little strange, to be back. It's somehow still amazing to me how a relatively short time away and travel can change one's perspective.

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I know, right?! We’re such adaptive creatures—how easily the here of now becomes THE here.

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Wishing you a Happy Tanabata too Jeffrey. I enjoyed learning of Orihime’s love story, such a rare ending, as you say. Welcome back from your travels. It would always take me a little while to readjust on my return. Sending you greetings for your birthday this month !

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Thank you so much, Maureen! 🙏

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Welcome home!

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🙏 Thank you!

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Welcome back!

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Thank you, Victoria!

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Would you mind if I used some of your posts as references ? I'm trying to resuscitate my art " career " & I need all the resources possible. I even bought a Tarot book a couple of hours ago, even though I DON'T believe in it as such.

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Hi Daniel, by all means make use of the posts as references. Thanks for reading.

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MUCH OBLIGED ! I've been looking into everything from Mesopotamian bas reliefs to the terra cotta soldiers of Shih Huangdi to Art Deco.

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Happy Tanabata! Hazlitt is a favorite, the pleasure of hating ...looking forward to your post.

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Thank you, Anna! He’s such a stylish writer, isn’t he?

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Enlightened by you, thank you. Your clarity and purpose are indeed, bright.

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Thank you for reading, Lola, and for your kind words.

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Enjoyed that and the sidestep that introduced me to Lowell. Have a happy summer.

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Thank you, Lee. You too!

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My return was to your substack today 😊. If I had returned yesterday, the name Hazlitt wouldn’t have jumped out at me like it did today. I’m different today because yesterday I was reading Tony McManus’s book about the work of Kenneth White (The Radical Field). I finished it this morning. I’m sure I remember seeing Hazlitt’s name mentioned. Anyway, it’s a good excuse to ask you if you’re familiar with White’s work and poetry. This book will continue to resonate with me as I return to it in the future. Looking forward to reading more about Hazlitt, Jeffrey.

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Thank you, Nicola and welcome back! I don't know White's work, but I will check it out. Thank you for the recommendation!

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I never really went away. Life just gets busy sometimes 😊 Anyway, I hope you enjoy finding out more about Kenneth White. I am. Here is a short discussion about his life and work that I’ve just watched

https://youtu.be/iXXJ28W2mnk?si=KONGpX3ZGoFjiiOb

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Thank you!

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