lost and found

a period of non-activity on blogspot
call it a settling-in period
having temporarily moved countries
or at least taken on the address of no fixed one
plan is to be a bit nomadic for a while
mainly because i can and thought i'd give it a shot
a nomadic existence kind of implies one of impoverishment
and eeking out of an living in the nost basic of ways
not much permanence in anything except that which goes with you
but that is probably the traditional definition
these days it's very easy to drag it all around with you
i can do my work on the move
i can rob peter to pay paul with ease
i have my music collection on a tiny portable player
my diary is as close as the internet and this blog
one suitcase of the necessaries
a laptop bag with the appropriate contents
a book or magazine or 2
and a mobile phone
sounds all very simple and maybe even attractive
but there's downsides
i had a period a number of years ago in a similar position
kind of truly alone for the first time
it took a while to get used to the anonymity of it all
people look right through you
seems we are brought up with the concept of having attention
some people demand it but most of us expect it
and when it's not there for a period of time
it can be quite an odd feeling
especially in a place where there's no-one familiar around
i'm working through it
knew what i was up for when i took on this little project
don't know how long it or i will last at it
but it's underway now
so i'm going to go with it
there's still comfort to be had
family isn't far away
friends are and missing them
work acquaintances will come and go
i'm going to go crazy on the blog
some interesting sights, sounds and experiences to document
real soon now