This is A sense of place, an entry originally posted on February 11, 2005 in the blog nebulose.net. In chronological order, before this was The roommate situation. After this comes The Use-Mention Distinction. If you're lost, I recommend the about page.

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A sense of place

Strange to think that less than six weeks ago I was on another continent. Sometimes I am so enveloped in my routine here that the past is nearly incomprehensible. It feels not just like another world (as it did the moment I stepped off the plane) but another era, another life. Who visited those places, shook those hands, took those photos? Ordinary facts take on a strange quality, framed by the incredible reality of my trip: I haven’t had a haircut since before I was in Israel or I’ve had this pair of contacts since before I was in Israel or these toenails were in the Dead Sea. No one around me converses in Hebrew.

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I feel the same way. But I was there with you, so I I can reassure you the trip and the memories are real…or perhaps you website and blogs are also part of my imagination….

Posted by Dad at February 12, 2005 12:30 PM :: Link

I went through the same type of thing when I was in Mexico. The Tuesday of the first school week back after spring vacation, I could say “One week ago, I was standing in the back of the flatbed truck hanging onto safety bars, speeding through the jungle and watching out for snakes hanging down from trees…” It’s completely surreal.

Posted by Kristen at February 20, 2005 7:20 PM :: Link

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