i see a cold front rising

[jazzfish]

Clear blue sky this morning, right up until I passed under the bridge to Tysons. At that point I could see the purple-grey cold front lined up like a mountain range.

It made me homesick.

I joke that the only things I miss about Blacksburg are Zeppoli's, Long Shop, and Spiel. Really, what I miss are the mountains, in ways I can't describe because I only consciously miss them when I'm someplace where they are. It's not even like something I'm missing, it's just a blind spot. My brain skips over it and there's just this nagging sense that the horizon really oughtn't be that low.

Ice tonight, and snow tomorrow. It's good to have a winter again.

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[jsciv.livejournal.com]

There are actually mountains near me (San Gabriel or San Bernadino, I forget which) so I have a skyline. Admittedly it's a "young mountain" sky rather than the more rolling mountains, but it's a good horizon on the one side. The things I miss are Spiel (and associated friends, I can't call and have people over for cards in 10 minutes anymore) and weather (though I'm getting a WONDERFUL gift this week in that regard).

I think I (and maybe you) are at that point in life where in some respect we have some good old days in Blacksburg to look back on: it's unlikely that actually moving back would restore them since it's not just a place, but a time that made it (or at least parts of it) special...

[jazzfish]

"Spiel" is sort of a catchall for "a bunch of good gamers in close proximity," yeah. Of which weekly meetings and monthly Game Days were a large part but not the whole thing.

I can just about nostalgi-ize some of B'burg, from this distance. And it was definitely the time, more than the place. Who I was, who other people were, how much free time and shared interests we had.

[vond.livejournal.com]

A big yes to the second paragraph there.