Saturday, September 20, 2025

Thinking about what home means to me

First sighting -- coming home
(work in process)
Acrylic on watercolour paper
10.6 x 13.8 inches
Barbara Muir © 

Thinking about the meaning of home, I came upon this blog 
I wrote about home, which expressed my thoughts pretty
perfectly. In recent years Paris has become a place
we'd love to live -- just from visiting. But
that is not practical emotionally or financially. 

"I am  rooted in Toronto, Canada, but if
I visit another city or town, even in another
country, I can start to feel at home in
a week.  That's happened in
France, England, Sweden, Italy, and
the U.S.

But the place in my painting tonight
near Pugwash, Nova Scotia, in Canada's
Maritimes is in a different league.  I've
been visiting for 20+ years, counting
the views on the way out, like clues in a game
called "getting closer," and on the way back
to Toronto, in a profound series of goodbyes.

This view is poignant both coming and
going.  It is iconic of our Nova Scotia home." 

Have a feeling-at-home-anywhere day.

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