Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, but you do carry the remembrance of it to this day! Our most recent gun point evictions date back to my parent's time, on both sides of the family. But as you say, the work is here, and my own children are also born here. In a few weeks we're having a family member coming for a visit. I want my daughters to see the tattooed number on her forearm before she passes away. In an unfortunate way, this will bind them to the family history as a reality and not as an abstraction. While I deeply regret them the experience, it's unavoidable. S. Dimitrov On May 19, 2005, at 7:45 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > > >> I'm a second generation displaced person. >> So it doesn't really matter where I live at this point. >> > > > I'm a fourth generation displaced person, and I never really > thought about that having an impact on my sense of place. But it's > true that the only place that's ever felt special, "this is my > chosen land", is the area in the Scottish Higlands from which my > ancestors were evicted at gunpoint around 1820. Given that I don't > live there, it doesn't seem to matter where I live. I moved to > California because there were jobs here, and I stayed because my > children were born here. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >