Anyone being plopped in the middle of Hogsmeade or Hobbiton would know where they were immediately. Charlie’s Chocolate Factory would likewise be recognizable, as a sense of place crackles from the pages of Roald Dahl’s book. Perhaps within ourselves there are places it feels we’ll always recognize …as home.
May we all find such places.
the “where” trivial
only the warm curled body
and the book, vital
only the warm curled body
and the book, vital
This is true especially for the books of my childhood. And perhaps this is one of the particular joys of rereading favorite books — going home again.