tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post9174889175285932456..comments2023-11-03T01:24:34.068+11:00Comments on Paying Ready Attention: A kind of homecomingStewart Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622420206244603688noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-45417531286769837542014-09-13T17:19:33.036+10:002014-09-13T17:19:33.036+10:00WOW, what an interesting insight to your feelings ...WOW, what an interesting insight to your feelings about returning 'home' after a long period in Australia!<br />One does feel soooo disconnected and lost after landing from such a long trip! I bet the children overcame it quicker!<br />I moved from 3 different continents and I must say the first time back feels quite similar to what you discribe!<br />Next time, when we leave France, it will be for good... No return, even for holiday!<br />Enjoy your weekend!Noushkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583459949373167021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-92207776850534079902014-09-07T13:54:31.738+10:002014-09-07T13:54:31.738+10:00I saw the blue cockerel, even have photos of it. ...I saw the blue cockerel, even have photos of it. I thoroughly enjoyed this visit back of yours after so long. I felt some of the same feelings, and actually ended up loving my time in London even for a few days. I didn't really know London very well, having gone on a couple of weekends in my youth, but I realized this time how much I had enjoyed it and what a beautiful city it was. I look forward to going back one day.DeniseinVAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494518513936310345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-42537832589117370352014-09-06T11:41:27.234+10:002014-09-06T11:41:27.234+10:00Ah.... A great post in your unique manner. I was i...Ah.... A great post in your unique manner. I was in London as a 12 year old with my parents so I remember what a child would .... Food mostly..... Lol.... Thank you for linking into Nature Notes.... MichelleRambling Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080120317890707767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-76210792473936295652014-09-01T23:39:00.612+10:002014-09-01T23:39:00.612+10:00I really enjoyed reading your post. My daughter an...I really enjoyed reading your post. My daughter and I spent some time driving around remembering this past weekend. Nothing was quite the same yet time left plenty of remnants to spark memories. Roanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841824351740989301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-55871547415362953742014-08-28T05:08:18.192+10:002014-08-28T05:08:18.192+10:00A wonderful written post! And your photos are gorg...A wonderful written post! And your photos are gorgeous! maryaustriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12555861581521059931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-70601747807237876582014-08-27T04:09:17.531+10:002014-08-27T04:09:17.531+10:00Very fascinating and contemplative post as I moved...Very fascinating and contemplative post as I moved back 14 years ago to where I was born and found it very different yet changed of course and had fond childhood memories ~ Yet as Thomas Wolfe wrote You Can't Go Home Again ~ Wonderful shots always very well done and creative ~ Enjoy and have fun on your visit ~ <br /><br />artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)carol l mckennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151914466378663660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-8170934417029178962014-08-25T18:33:17.784+10:002014-08-25T18:33:17.784+10:00Beautiful photos and words Stewart. I can only ima...Beautiful photos and words Stewart. I can only imagine the rush of new and old feelings colliding head on. I been through this, but on no on an international scale. <br />All I need to know now, is what in the heck is that giant blue rooster?Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-23208922691982671822014-08-25T05:55:49.444+10:002014-08-25T05:55:49.444+10:00I loved this post Stewart. As a Londoner that now ...I loved this post Stewart. As a Londoner that now lives in Lincolnshire, I knew London as a fast paced, grey, unfriendly city, where you were completely surrounded by people but never felt so alone. Now that I am not in the hustle and bustle any more, I can now stand back and watch. The City is not unfriendly, just busy. If you asked someone for directions, they will help (I do), there is colour if you look for it and there are plenty of people just taking their time and drinking in the atmosphere. I think London is whatever you want it to be, but certainly better if you do not experience it every day. Luckily the cockerel is a temporary thing!!sweetbriardreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03036932595395191529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-9326246551158957042014-08-24T17:14:53.243+10:002014-08-24T17:14:53.243+10:00A wonderful narrative Stewart with stunning images...A wonderful narrative Stewart with stunning images. I enjoyed the ride very much!Rose ~ from Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908281749611280188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-79163207792679692792014-08-24T04:29:50.270+10:002014-08-24T04:29:50.270+10:00Three years of London as a student in the 70s was ...Three years of London as a student in the 70s was enough for me; I've scarcely been back since. Sometimes it's harder to make a 45 minute train journey than a 24 hour flight!John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-9534116611165128002014-08-24T03:08:20.794+10:002014-08-24T03:08:20.794+10:00It was good to read about your recent visit. To re...It was good to read about your recent visit. To recollect those memories from your youth; to see much that you recognise yet is so unfamiliar. Your post could not have been more apt as yesterday I spent the day exploring Hampstead with a few friends. It is so far removed from Central London that you feel you are in the middle of the Kent countryside yet London it is, eventhough the street names engraved onto black tiles bear no resemblance to the plastic street names in other suburbs of the city. I agree entirely with Samuel Johnson.Fun60https://www.blogger.com/profile/08084441984556826917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-10960664049824914622014-08-24T00:24:55.550+10:002014-08-24T00:24:55.550+10:00I've been to London only once but can recogniz...I've been to London only once but can recognize some of your observations as true. And, on a lighter note, what about that blue cockerel, or rooster as we'd call it. Is that a temporary thing? I can't imagine seeing that in Trafalgar.Florida Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788091314337673170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057604927035176441.post-12339287675750911032014-08-23T23:35:53.816+10:002014-08-23T23:35:53.816+10:00Hari OM
Nine months in from repatriation I can hon...Hari OM<br />Nine months in from repatriation I can honestly tell you, Stewart, that the conflict you describe still rages within! So much familiar,yet not. Remembering why it is one left in the first place, yet appreciating something of the return. Finding that, in many ways, it is not the place one left - then crashing into the parts which remain unchanged...<br /><br />Thank you, again, for your eloquence! YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.com