a little homesick

yes, i'm homesick for blogging...but i'm adopting the blogging without obligation idea, so no further comment on that.

however, lately, i'm also feeling a little homesick for my native louisiana. most of you know that i grew up right outside of new orleans and went to college in baton rouge. a few times a year, i get this overwhelming nostaglia and just an incredible sense of longing to go home. it's been so much more difficult to go back regularly since my parents have moved away, but we still have managed to visit friends there on several occasions.

but really, it's not just a sense of "home" that i miss. as anyone from louisiana understands, it's the food. and the music. and the accents, along with the verbage. and the culture. and the beautiful trees and water. it's even the sticky, can't escape it, i think i'm gonna pass out humidity! it's the feeling of never meeting a stranger and knowing we're all in this together.

i felt it when we had some delicious gumbo for supper tonight. i felt it when i talked with various friends about their recent visits back home. i felt it when my dear friend and her family visited last week. i felt it when my amazing lsu tigers won the college world series. and i felt it when i stumbled on to this rendition of a song that played on the radio during my childhood (and if you're really lucky, you'll still hear it on occasion).

oh, my nola...i miss you. it's time you and i scheduled a date.

grace and peace,
dana