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Thursday, February 4, 2010

No Place Like Home

Theme Thursday - Red

What beautiful ruby red slippers, and magical to boot! I think it would be so wonderful to have a pair of shoes that could, at once, bring me back to my home base because once I am "out there" and tired of travel, I am locked in, due to a variety of reasons -reservations, tours, travel companions etc. Ruby red slippers are not on the itinerary.

My last major trip was a jaunt to Hawaii with six good friends. After 2 days in close quarters, I was craving my home and my own bed, sick of the constant chatter. Where, oh, where were those ruby red slippers? If they actually had existed, I could have zapped myself home in a flash. Moreover, I would be able to travel anywhere in the world and, when those get-me-out-of-here feelings began to erupt, I could send myself back to my living room with a click of my heels. Alas...reality check: no ruby slippers.

So, I have learned over the years to no longer plan excursions to far away places for extended periods of time. Day trips and overnighters are my current cup of tea. However, when I was in my 20s, this was not the case. The wish to return home was not present, and the travel adventure was just what the doctor ordered. Was it youth? I suspect.

Now I am a contented homebody. I have pictures galore of my travel days: riding a camel in Egypt, climbing inside a pyramid, slipping on the ice in Anchorage outside the Captain Cook Hotel, viewing the beautiful Sydney harbor, hearing Big Ben, seeing The Mona Lisa, shopping in Paris, dining at The Four Seasons, having a massage and green tea in Tokyo, enjoying a Singapore Sling in -where else? - Singapore, checking out the Smithsonian, landing in wartime Saigon, listening to speeches in Hyde Park, and on and on. So many great memories.

 I am lucky I to have gotten the travel bug out of my system when I was younger and had no need of ruby red slippers to bring me back to my center. Now, after just one  night away from home base, the slippers seem to slam onto  my feet the morning of Day 2. I may as well be clicking my heels together and chanting, "There's no place like home," in order to magically fly through the air and bounce back to my comfy nest, my family, my pets, my plants, and my tranquility.

There really is, for me, no place like home. The world is an adventure just waiting to be explored; but home is where I want to be.  Unless someone can find me some ruby red slippers...

14 comments:

  1. I can think of a few places I'd like to go...if only I could just click my heels and be there! LOL!

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  2. Great post! I also chose the ruby slippers for my Theme Thursday. Great minds do think alike : ) And I agree, it's fun to travel, but always nice to be home again.

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  3. Yes, I like this too but as it is, presently, I really don't know where home is so not sure where I'd end up if I did have some slippers! Oh dear.

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  4. nice. a fresh take on the theme...we do lots of day trips...and on longer trips i do tend to itch for home at times.

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  5. aww, what a lovely post. :) I wish I had a pair too.

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  6. They'd certainly save the 25 hour flight to the northern hemisphere! I don't think the travel bug will ever leave me but yep, always nice to be home.

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  7. I love to take a trip but as I get older I am WITH YOU...NOT too far for too long!

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  8. haven't been able to take a good trip in a few years, but i've got the itch to get out of town. wish i could borrow those slippers and throw the reverse switch.

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  9. I am contented to stay home, as well. But there are a few places high on my bucket list. The ruby slippers would definitely help!

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  10. i don't know...if i were in hawaii, i'd be real tempted to stay there!

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  11. Ruby red slippers are right up there with "Beam me up Scotty" technology. Don't I wish!

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  13. Hi Jan - I'm just popping in randomly to my favorite blogs. Glad I stopped by to see you. I really enjoyed your post. I've also become quite a homebody. Do you suppose two homebodies would make good traveling companions? Or is that some kind of oxymoron?

    Closest thing I have to ruby slippers is a pair of red Keen flip-flop thingys that I wear around the house in the summer. I suppose they work ... since I use them as slippers... and they are red.

    Hope you are well and happy.

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  14. There is no place like home. Unless of course, you stayed in a Holiday Inn, last night! LOL

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