Home. It’s where I grew up. I think of the Pioneer Valley and Mt. Holyoke. I think of driving the “back way” to my Grandparents house. I think of liberalism and lesbianism and what was, at the time, the tallest library in the world, although that may no longer be the case. I think of all the swimming holes I knew and riding my bike down the country roads with my dog running next to me.
I think of riding my bike through three states in one day on a 90-something mile ride. I think of climbing Mt. Chocorua. I think of building barns and chucking hay up in the lofts and carrying newborn calves out of the field, and the best zucchini and corn in the world. I think of weeding asparagus…..
It’s trip down memory lane.
However, I don’t ever want to go back, except to visit or for a vacation.