With more time to reflect over the long weekend, I've been thinking about the CNN series “My Happy Place,” which premiered in April and follows six celebrities as they travel to destinations that hold deep personal meaning.
Lovely piece - and I’m glad to find you on Substack. The Vineyard is my happy place (which is why I set my novels here - pen name T. Elizabeth Bell - my latest is “Sheepish”) My favorite line: “That's the magic of a true happy place. It doesn't just change your location; it transforms your emotional well-being.”
Connie, I’m writing in the wrong place here because I’m not very Substack savvy and am unsure how to get back to an earlier exchange we had today. I’ve combined the ideas of ‘the longest relationship’ and the word ‘overmorrow’ and written a little poem just because the ideas grasped me.
"What strikes me most about these stories isn't the exotic locations (though Bangkok and Mykonos certainly have their appeal). It's the emotional weight the places carry." I'm so glad you explored this theme, Connie. The concept of emotional weight resonated strongly with me, and I can also picture some of the places mentioned. I feel most myself when I'm near or on the water and have written about that. Today I was tinkering with the sense of place--more later.
And I love the image you chose because it shows the wild side of Martha's Vineyard.
I'd lived in so many places that nowhere felt like home. But when I got off the plane in Perth, in Western Australia, inexplicably, that's just what it felt like!
Your picture reminds me of some of the lovely beachhead walks we have in the West of Ireland. One particular place, near where I live, is the cliff walk on Ballybunion Head where it is quiet apart from the sea crashing against the cliffs. Next stop East Coast of USA...maybe Martha's Vineyard 😊😁
Lovely piece - and I’m glad to find you on Substack. The Vineyard is my happy place (which is why I set my novels here - pen name T. Elizabeth Bell - my latest is “Sheepish”) My favorite line: “That's the magic of a true happy place. It doesn't just change your location; it transforms your emotional well-being.”
Connie, I’m writing in the wrong place here because I’m not very Substack savvy and am unsure how to get back to an earlier exchange we had today. I’ve combined the ideas of ‘the longest relationship’ and the word ‘overmorrow’ and written a little poem just because the ideas grasped me.
SIBLINGS.
The longest relationship
you may ever have -
not just tomorrow
or the overmorrow,
but decades, lifetimes
come and gone.
Love is born and
changes come, not just
tomorrow or overmorrow,
but still with siblings
you’ve entwined
through lifetimes
here and gone.
This is lovely. Yes, I posted that comment about siblings in another thread but thank you for sharing your poem here.
"What strikes me most about these stories isn't the exotic locations (though Bangkok and Mykonos certainly have their appeal). It's the emotional weight the places carry." I'm so glad you explored this theme, Connie. The concept of emotional weight resonated strongly with me, and I can also picture some of the places mentioned. I feel most myself when I'm near or on the water and have written about that. Today I was tinkering with the sense of place--more later.
And I love the image you chose because it shows the wild side of Martha's Vineyard.
Thanks for this post.
You're welcome. Martha's Vineyard has so many different sides.
I'd lived in so many places that nowhere felt like home. But when I got off the plane in Perth, in Western Australia, inexplicably, that's just what it felt like!
That really is the magic of happy places, Kisane. You feel it! Are you living in Western Australia now?
Yes, still here. This is home now :-)
Your picture reminds me of some of the lovely beachhead walks we have in the West of Ireland. One particular place, near where I live, is the cliff walk on Ballybunion Head where it is quiet apart from the sea crashing against the cliffs. Next stop East Coast of USA...maybe Martha's Vineyard 😊😁
The place you describe sounds lovely. And yes, I encourage a visit to Martha's Vineyard. This is only one of many beautiful locations on the island.