People often ask me what it is like to live in two places, two different hemispheres, two different cultures, two different vibes: city and small town.
I do not have a short answer.
Because this is my life, I want to say that it is easy- but I am only saying that because it is what we do and if I thought that it was hard, well, I'd be stressed.
However, as I write this, a week to the day that I arrived home, my previous post from Sweden feels not miles away, but months away- not the single week that it has actually been.
Hobart is having freak weather, more rain in 24 hours than was expected for the year, but that doesn't impact the feeling of summer. Here I sit, barefooted, outside, in the warm air.
I have taken four yoga classes, volunteered for three hours in the local reserve, walked to Fossil Cove, and attended a free show put on by MOFO.
A show that exacerbated my time travel feeling because the band was Swedish.
They played in the Hobart City Hall.
Anna Von Hausswolff with two other band members, she played this pipe organ:
For me, the show reminded me of the live recordings I have by The Velvet Underground. And I believe her encore was a song by Nico.
I can not really express how wonderful it is to have cool shows happening in Hobart.
Today guests have arrived! One more to come later tonight, and there is three days full of FOMA festival happenings.
I am pretty tired, but I am also happy.
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