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34 responses to “i am homesick for New Mexico today”
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(((Grace)))
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Awww…so. Dear Grace.
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❤️
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i wonder if that will happen to me…
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I so get this … and yes, it will happen to us when we leave our home in the hills …
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How strange……this morning in the morning pages I wrote about the house before this one. How I so wanted to be back there. Wanted to be sitting there.
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Maybe the season – Autumn coming sooner than we think – that
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I have wondered if you would miss New Mexico. It has a different feel entirely from California, not to mention the friends (human, animal and plant) that you knew so well there and left behind. Your feelings of homesickness are a testament to your connection to your former home.
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Some places do that, grab a foothold in your heart; the good thing is that the foothold forms a path of memories and when you are feeling nostalgic, you pull them out and walk into your remembrances of place…
What makes New Mexico so unique, unlike any other place that we have lived in is that towards the end of summer, as autumn approaches, the hills and valleys come alive with the scent of roasting chiles, wafting everywhere and it is one of the best natural “highs” that I’ve ever experienced! It is a very special way to signify the coming change of season.
When we first moved here, we bought chiles in bulk, had them roasted in the outdoor roasters. Now we grow our own, although not in any great quantities and roast them ourselves on our gas stove or outdoor grill. It is one of my favorite rituals that holds me to this plac; the firing up of fire to roast the chiles, the almost immediate scent, the cooling period, the tearing off of the charred skin, the dicing of the peppers, some to use immediately, others to freeze. Chiles can be put on anything: salsas, eggs, pork stews, soups, grilled or baked chicken, sprinkled along with cheese on calabacitas (squash),on baked potatoes, on cream cheese to have for crackers,on mac and cheese, wrapped up with leftovers in a tortilla,the ways to use roast chiles are endless. You can even buy chili infused wine and I’ve even found chili infused paper products. If I could find a way to bottle the scent, I would and would proudly wear the perfume of New Mexico!LikeLike
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Was it the starry night? I remember when I first found you, and thinking how big your sky was and how beautiful the mountains outside your backyard. The stories of your friends, the thunderstorms, your homey house.
I feel for you, Grace. Homesickness. It’s complicated sometimes…
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I love this sentiment – and your words are so evocative!
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Sometimes I miss you being there, while still loving where and how you are.
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When I’m homesick for a different place, and there’s more than one time I get homesick for, it’s some aspect of the person I was in that place that I really miss. Maybe it was the simpler time, the more exciting, the more tranquil, the more heartfelt, the more creative, the busier, or the one with complex challenges to overcome. Maybe it’s the time when I was more dependent or independent or interdependent. Maybe I crave when I felt part of a community and was a contributor. Maybe when I was working by myself. It seems to depend on what’s challenging for me now. For me, no one past time is perfect but each had its magic moments.
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it takes a long time be for it happen , dear you big hug
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This answer has helped me immensely, thank you for that.
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Love to you Grace.
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Big hugs Grace .. I’m sorry for your sadness.
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So sorry, Grace. I go through homesickness in waves for my cottage by the river. I miss the woods and various plants. This past week I was missing the Soloman’s Seal that grew out back outside the windows, up above the side walk. I always miss the sound and smell of the river flowing by. A lovely way to fall asleep. I miss the soil – over 50 years of deep black soil from the woods and river and the biggest fattest worms in tangles. The morrell mushrooms in spring. My cats and dogs who came and went in those 30 something years. Mostly I miss my health. The last two years I have gone downhill fast. I miss all those things and then like a wave they pass. Surfing. Ha.
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maybe. it’s interesting
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i like this…the
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its FULL, the sense of Things, more than usual
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yes. a testament to the Love
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yes, i still am “there” with a Face Book page for Socorro Buy Sell and Trade and i know that chili Time is ON and i can smell it
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Laura..it
is. it is so complicated, the Sky there is unobstructed and FREE, in all Four Directions, just SKY
but here…TREES and Emrie moves her arms and we dance with the treesLikeLike
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yes. I know you very well.
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Sue..this is so so Beauty Full and Correct. So much, yes.
For me, the simplicity of only Self. Here, the All of Us.
THANK YOU SO SO MUCH for this…so TRUE and GOOD, Thank you BIG for your words hereLikeLike
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it’s here. the Love
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Peggy
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it’s not sadness, but rather Love. Just Love
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“like a wave they pass”
all this now, like a wave, it passes. I watch and
attend. Like a wave, it passes.LikeLike
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“it seems to depend on what’s challenging for me now.”
got up just now to read this again.LikeLike
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for sure it will…the love of Place stays with us
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Sue’s comment was helpful for me too, and to know too you’re homesick Grace. This will come for me too, reading here, all the comments has helped me, I’ll remember when my time comes.
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I also miss your New Mexico land, the seasons, your flowers and plants, your adventures there. Change is really hard. Much love coming your way Grace. xoxoxox
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