Sweet Home

We have been talking about home, or place, and I think it's interesting how so many people have different takes on what home and place is. This article brought a lot of my own personal experiences to mind. The other day I was sitting with my friend Catherine, and her roomate Ryan called his friend. I overheard some of the conversation, and there was something that Ryan said that I found interesting. Ryan's friend asked him where he was, and Ryan said "I'm not at home, I'm at my house." Ryan's friend then asked him what he meant, and Ryan said, "Home is where my parents are, where I came from. My house is just my house, so I'm at my house." There was a difference, in Ryan's eyes. on what a house and a home were, and if they existed in the same place as one. Ryan had decided to have a feeling of place, and not a feeling of home, for Seattle. He did have a feeling for what was his real home was, and that was where he first originated. The article Sweet Home also speaks of community. I really enjoyed it.