I love this! My family has vacationed at Priest Lake, Idaho almost every year since I was born and the place is pure magic just because of all the memories and the yearly anticipation. Like you write about, the magic is in the repetition.
There's also something anchoring in those places - we have favorite spots that seem not to change, while we do. Or they change, but slowly, and we hold on to what's familiar while we learn to adjust.
I love SF as well...the bay windows, the bay, the bridges, the antique and modern transit mashup...and I love wearing a favorite shirt multiple times a week, to the chagrin of my wife. Nice to see some of "me" making it into the Magic.
I like this too -- and then there are refrains in songs or poetry, that provide familiar hooks that we can connect to or spin off from...circularity gives us touchstones
I love this! My family has vacationed at Priest Lake, Idaho almost every year since I was born and the place is pure magic just because of all the memories and the yearly anticipation. Like you write about, the magic is in the repetition.
There's also something anchoring in those places - we have favorite spots that seem not to change, while we do. Or they change, but slowly, and we hold on to what's familiar while we learn to adjust.
I love SF as well...the bay windows, the bay, the bridges, the antique and modern transit mashup...and I love wearing a favorite shirt multiple times a week, to the chagrin of my wife. Nice to see some of "me" making it into the Magic.
I wasn't specifically talking about the shirt you wore yesterday... 😉
I still love San Francisco .
How can you not?
This makes me think of callbacks in a comedy or storytelling set. Audiences love them and they can be a good way to draw on a theme.
I like this too -- and then there are refrains in songs or poetry, that provide familiar hooks that we can connect to or spin off from...circularity gives us touchstones