I'm just visiting. Don't mean that as a joke either. I personally believe in something more permanent than the time I have here. While here I'll do what I can, but somehow my sights are always on something bigger, more...at home.

Ha! You almost got me.

I was all ready to snap that picture and then I was like "waaaaait a minute. He just wants to see you holding up your pajamas!"

You perv.

This is first & foremost, the home is who's in it,
general happyness and/or the happyness from been needed

apart from that I always felt at home when I would see the coastal mountains

even know I was 180 km from the ocean, plus another hour and a half ferry ride to the island

I really get excited when the species of trees change from the interior dry belt, pine & spruce to the

coastal wet belt, cedars, hemlock, then I'm home! its like reentry I guess, its like I made it again!

I grew up on the ocean I often work just above the ocean and live on a float barge/camp but if I just

have the mountains I'm fine, I think I could find home in any mountain range, but the trees my higher

power. .. true, no bs!

I can't drink that deep MG, but

Oh yeah, I like the way you think Womanpride! Very nice!

No BS Pony? Are you Suuuure?

No, that's exactly what I'm talking about. "It's like reentry" Nicely put.

no I was agreeing that I prefer back yard BBOs to gangsters and their "ladies"

Having lived a lot of places over my years I think defining "home" is going to have different criteria at different stages of your life.

While basic safety is high on my list as is who I live with in the home (even if only visitors) I have had to come to some realizations of my limits which are economic, physical limits, and the that I may live alone for an extended period. While that often computes to feeling like it is four walls you are staring at I am getting more comfortable with the idea. Especially when I see friends trying to living in a situation where they have no privacy, no peace, and struggeling get to services that are needed.

I have also learned being house poor is no way to live and feel at home even if it seems like your dream home at first blush.

I remember several places over the years that I thought would be ideal and the reality was way different. It is easy to romantic about living out in the boonies next to nature until you have knee deep mud, reptiles in your basement, and pot growers trading shots with the state police. Living in the city can be stimulating but the noise and hidden costs to park, several level of taxes, and often cramped space that can quickly become unusable if stairs are not doable. And if you are single and then are not selling a home can really be ulcer produceing where Home Sweet Apartment Home means a lot easier transition to "Our Place". My best advice to find home is figure out what you want and then pick something to accommodate the enevibility that the only constant in life is change. so an adaptable home is probably best.

wherever I am surrounded by love feels home,,,
it can be a building anywhere,,,,

however, in terms of the environment I feel most comfortable in,, without that love,,,its got to be closest to suburban,, without the rush and hustle of the big city or urban,, but without the complete isolation of rural,,,,

that's what I like about small town life....a country road a mile or so a way, a little "downtown" with a fews shops, a park and restaurant, a pizza joint, the local dive with the permanents on their barstools lol, and such

I prefer small town to suburbs because they tend to have more quaint architecture and the town area has more a community feeling than a bunch of strip malls, if you get my meaning

Oh and I totally agree with you on the part about where ever I feel surrounded by love. That does make a home....I just don't feel that anywhere around here at all.

Such an interesting topic- love this! It is very timely for me.

I have many homes, p artially due to the fact that my parents split when I was young. I have homes that are actual specific buildings and homes that are with specific people. Often they intersect. For me, being Home is about being able to be myself, loved and accepted.

My first home, pre-parents' divorce was sunny and warm and I was happy. It was in a great neibourhood and was a great family home. I would buy it back in an instant, if I had enough money!

Home number two was my Dad's apartment; now, it is wherever he is.

Home #3 was my grandparents house. Spent lots of time there, and with them. They have since passed, and their house is up for sale. A very TOUGH time for me, to lose them and one of my homes.

Home #4 is a families' farm down in southern Alberta. Grew up spending time with them in the summers and other family times. The farmhouse is home, as is being with any member of that family. The parents are like surrogate parents for me.

Home #5 is with my husband. Enough said.

Well, it's true. I've never had a place stick. I've had some great places in some great areas of the world but home is not something that registers the way I hear people talk about it. I do love the desert. There's something very peaceful about it, but home to me doesn't mean a place. I do say "when I get home" like everyone else but home in a worldly sense can vanish in a second. It has for me a few times.

This might help to explain too. I have amnesia. Don't know if you know anything about it, but it triggers things differently than with someone who has that part fully intact. I don't mind it cause I don't know any better, but some of the things that you or someone might have developed a certain longing for don't necessarily click with me.

Don't mean to get off topic but it's the way I would have to answer the question. I think we all have views about stuff like this and I like learning what others think. For me though certain concepts are new. Ok, this is one (again) of my long winded posts, but more than likely because I traveled my whole life when the amnesia happened my triggers did not tell me that a place called home made sense. My traveling made sense so I have that but not a place.

Ok, might as well laugh all the way, but I feel the earth as more of a place that gives off energy and some places feel more positive than others, making me feel more comfortable. I may not say home but I feel the vibe of an area. The same with people. Some people get too close to a city and the vibe (tension) energy is too much. Others go out in the country and feel dizzy cause they don't feel grounded. Others main land and others the water. Than again some tie things to people's vibe (energy) more than an area. Being around a person makes them forget where they are.

I really love the whole realization of how energy works and how we are attracted to or keep away from. Yeah sure it's talking about home but it really does go a lot "deeper" than that.

Home is even something you do. Like for me, when I get infront of my music setup it really doesn't matter where I am in the world, I'm home.

I feel most at home when i an enjoying nature and its wonders. or when I am surrounded by my children.

Home is where am comfortable at.
Home is where i can walk with my boot sticking out in barely nothing....
Home-i feel more at home near the ocean.....more nature than skyscrapper!

But for now,not HOME! ;(;(

Cyndi...Home is where my heart is

If I crawl up in something I own then I'm home. Clothes is not always enough, But it is a good start, Then you can put stuff in your pockets for a portable life. But if that's not enough pull in all of the personal worth you can find into something that is yours and where you also get some space. and you've got yourself a nice home: P