The Tree of Life - an old lime tree in the Town Square in Haiterbach The last few days were spent in a flurry of visiting and cake eating as I said fond farewells to many of my relatives. Once again, I will miss having so many people around to whom I have some kind of connection, although I was also missing my own little family back home. When I’m in Australia I miss these people and these landscapes. That’s one of the problems of belonging to two cultures – one you are born into and another one in which you grow up. I feel certain that sometime in the future, science will discover that far from children being resilient and easily transplantable, sudden translocation and migration leaves a lasting trauma, especially if done in difficult circumstances. I can tell you it's how you become a nomad, never quite at home in either. It does make you realise however, that culture is not a fixed and absolute thing and that other countries have found other ways to solve universal human ...
Practising Geographer - nature culture places people