tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post2223979890025215862..comments2023-05-01T11:57:53.201-04:00Comments on Just Off the One-Lane Road: Homeplace Is Where the Heart IsElorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04579555623060708938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post-69646670426472461422010-05-28T09:56:37.410-04:002010-05-28T09:56:37.410-04:00We moved quite often in the course of our nearly 4...We moved quite often in the course of our nearly 46 years of marriage, so my children were used to the packing up and unpacking and settling in process. After my oldest daughter had married and left home someone asked her how it felt to go "home" to a house she never lived in (she had commented that she was going home for Christmas). Her reply - "home is wherever my Mama's stuff is because wherever she is her stuff is there and usually in the very same place it was in the last house!" The continuity of my "stuff" gave her the feeling of home and all my kids still feel that way. Don't you just love that! blessings, marleneStitchinByTheLakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501479854150315011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post-5364519446694094312010-05-27T07:27:29.304-04:002010-05-27T07:27:29.304-04:00Wonder what that bird calls her home? What a great...Wonder what that bird calls her home? What a great picture, I'm trying to figure out where it is!<br /><br />I think of homeplace as a generational term – property which has been passed down through the family. I suppose our home qualifies, but it just doesn't "feel" like a homeplace to me. Nor a homestead. Perhaps being brought up kind of rootless (my dad was in the military) is inhibiting my sense of place and permanence.<br /><br />Homeplace implies a rural location, and yours is perfect. I love being there; it's home not just for you and MM, but for your four-legged and winged family, as well!Debbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727115174070254910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post-84482868278955599772010-05-27T04:10:54.326-04:002010-05-27T04:10:54.326-04:00What interesting homes you've had through the ...What interesting homes you've had through the years! Homestead for me conjures up feelings of it being a safe retreat from the world, a place that supports and nurtures physically and mentally and a gathering place for all generations. I guess that's the name our family has always used and therefore represents a big old wooden house surrounded by huge gardens, 1700 acres of farmland and steep hills, a connnection to previous generations and a place that we can all gather together and call home where our roots are deep in the land.IslandHomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521703119869641429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post-67639930216675620962010-05-26T18:24:21.029-04:002010-05-26T18:24:21.029-04:00Elora -- a very well thought out post. I use the w...Elora -- a very well thought out post. I use the word "homestead" to describe my place. To me this name fulfills several meanings which I define as home and also where the wild ones and open spaces are found. So my interpretation of homestead is an all encompassing word. But I do like the word homeplace to describe home. I would like to use that word but feel I am not entitled as I really don't have roots here -- generations of family that is. Interesting to mull over -- this idea of what to call home. Oh Elora -- you have opened up a whole array of meanings for "home." Semantics can be a maze sometimes. <br /><br />Your different homes over the years is <br />intriguing -- love the gypsy life style!<br /><br />-- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post-86910814626326244342010-05-26T14:35:11.341-04:002010-05-26T14:35:11.341-04:00In that case my home is outside in the garden. I&#...In that case my home is outside in the garden. I'm not comfortable indoors unless there are views of the outside and plenty of light. My eyes are forever looking through the glass to the outside world. Mind you I'm not so keen on being cold and wet so there are times when inside is good too.Ruta M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05722121700213642012noreply@blogger.com