tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post807549685878917122..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Do they ever long for home?The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-76166030845583369622012-11-15T12:55:49.991-08:002012-11-15T12:55:49.991-08:00I have lived in some very nice places, but they di...I have lived in some very nice places, but they didn't feel like home. I've lived in others that have, and i'm grateful to say i currently live in a spot that feels like home. It feeds my soul.<br /><br />I know of others who don't care so much where they live, as long as they have family and friends near. Others are more like me, where either a place feels like home or it doesn't.<br /><br />I did ask this question to a few Vietnamese women with whom i worked, and they both answered the same way: the country they loved no longer existed in a way that would let them live there. They escaped with their lives and were glad for a chance to find a place that welcomed them.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-52228208835854089292012-11-15T07:18:49.552-08:002012-11-15T07:18:49.552-08:00We all seem to be agreed that the Ghurkas are such...We all seem to be agreed that the Ghurkas are such lovely people and that on balance they would rather be here - but we are also agreed that they think of their homeland too.<br />Must say I don't fancy the goat curry idea, but then, I have never tried it. Thanks for visiting.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-39423111178948657372012-11-14T04:16:21.668-08:002012-11-14T04:16:21.668-08:00I thought they joined up because they couldn't...I thought they joined up because they couldn't wait to get away. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-22578329581771633102012-11-13T11:29:45.558-08:002012-11-13T11:29:45.558-08:00You can't go home again. After 21 years in th...You can't go home again. After 21 years in the Army my husband retired and we went home to California, but after 21 years it no longer felt like home. My parents had moved away, his had died and we felt like strangers in a strange land. We eventually moved back to Georgia a state we'd spent a considerable amount of time in while he was in the military. When we'd lived there before we always compared it to California and thought California was better.<br />We've been in Georgia 9 1/2 years now and can't imagine ever living anywhere else.<br />So maybe that's what happened to the Ghurlas, maybe they've visited home and realize that it's not home anymore, the England is.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-31940418856858148042012-11-13T03:16:09.148-08:002012-11-13T03:16:09.148-08:00I don't know Pat. I know that some of them mig...I don't know Pat. I know that some of them might long to go to their homeland, but on the other hand others might prefer England over Nepal. I was brought up in Indonesia, but I was so happy to leave Java and went to live in the Netherlands, though I can just as easily live in Great Britain , Australia or Scandinavia. I don't care for Asia as a place to live in. So if you meet one of those Nepalese people why not start a conversation about the weather and end asking them, if they prefer this kind of weather to the weather in Nepal.+Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-47298197022799444772012-11-13T02:34:47.558-08:002012-11-13T02:34:47.558-08:00I imagine the families might feel more isolated an...I imagine the families might feel more isolated and homesick than the Ghurkas themselves but who knows. I know I would find it VERY difficult if the situation were reversed. Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67979790926362230382012-11-13T02:31:46.026-08:002012-11-13T02:31:46.026-08:00There must be times when the Ghurka families miss ...There must be times when the Ghurka families miss facets of their old life but I think your son is right. The quality of their life has probably improved.ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-61186524659358901352012-11-13T01:41:14.092-08:002012-11-13T01:41:14.092-08:00It's a very good question.
Do you have a Gur...It's a very good question. <br /><br />Do you have a Gurkha restaurant anywhere up there? Lots of places do now, because of the Gurkha ex-soldiers who've settled here. <br /><br />They're worth a visit. MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-78075482406479516192012-11-12T14:57:22.808-08:002012-11-12T14:57:22.808-08:00I would think they probably do have a part in thei...I would think they probably do have a part in their soul that has a tug to their homeland.<br />When I moved back to Tucson I remember driving into town one day after I had decided to move back after 30 years away. It was at sunset it almost felt like a drove into a wave of "welcome your home now" feeling.<br />I was very happy living all the places I had but somehow at that moment I felt at home.<br />I think they will always have feeling for "home" but I can see them being very happy adapting to their new home.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37177636248458433652012-11-12T14:24:43.451-08:002012-11-12T14:24:43.451-08:00I dream of eastern Pennsylvania's seasons and ...I dream of eastern Pennsylvania's seasons and smells and times. . . but this is my home now. Perhaps they feel the same. Yes, we already understood from your words, images and posts that you live the the best of England (hope ALL feel that way elsewhere too ;)<br />But this was eye opening; Perhaps I'm not the only one who imagines you in a pocket of Old England of parish halls and all-white communities. Of course, the multi-culti-ization of Great Britain has escaped no ones notice, and seems wise and great befitting the great nation. All the colors, all the cultures: the second generation is BRIT in tongue and tastes!<br />You have brought us into Today in the Dales. I suppose you are all in colour now, not Benny Hill B&W an longer?<br /><br />I often reflect on your posts, your life. Thanks!<br /><br /> Aloha from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> <br /> ~ > < } } ( ° ><br /><br />> < 3 3 3 ( ' > <br /> <br /> ><}}(°> ~<br />~ ~ ~ <°)333><( ~ ~ ~Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-23360954052998435742012-11-12T14:23:48.467-08:002012-11-12T14:23:48.467-08:00It's a hard thing to eliminate completely...ju...It's a hard thing to eliminate completely...just when I think that I could never live back in Ireland again...along comes a bit of a trauma and blow me if I don't have a sharp pang in my heart for it!Gerry Snapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269492251928362799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82777345531401551142012-11-12T13:24:43.046-08:002012-11-12T13:24:43.046-08:00One of the reasons I'm so glad Obama got reele...One of the reasons I'm so glad Obama got reelected is that he is not all gung-ho to bomb Iran.<br />My heart breaks always for the young people who die too soon.<br /><br />Kipling I think (from memory probably slightly wrong..will have to look up..)<br /><br />When they ask me why we died<br />tell them because our elders liedElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-34959320575901291932012-11-12T12:55:24.312-08:002012-11-12T12:55:24.312-08:00We have a lot of good Ghurkas around here too, and...We have a lot of good Ghurkas around here too, and a welcome sight they are too. I - obviously - cannot speak for them, but I know their massive contribution to the welfare of OUR state has finally been recognised thanks to the likes of Joanna Lumley, and that many villages depend on an influx of lads into the British army, for the sake of the bigger family picture. A few years in this climate - maybe - is a price worth paying for a decent pension, if they survive the conflicts which they are sent to. I LOVE Ghurkas.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-48901999315991918012012-11-12T12:39:33.909-08:002012-11-12T12:39:33.909-08:00I think your son may be right. Life in Nepal must ...I think your son may be right. Life in Nepal must be so much harder than it is here, and in a way they have their own community with them. My son served in the Army and was stationed in the Brecon Beacons for some years alongside Ghurkas. They were famous for their wonderful goat curries!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7263805936329378152012-11-12T12:24:41.930-08:002012-11-12T12:24:41.930-08:00While I think they are probably very grateful to b...While I think they are probably very grateful to be living where they do, I am sure there must always be an ache in their heart for their homeland. It is such a very different country and cultureRobin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306137274084617478noreply@blogger.com