Land of the Lost

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, mostly about Place and its role in our life and how so often Place defines you. Your house or apartment, city or town, favorite coffee shop or bar, all these places go into who you are and how you live your life. I think it is important for me to admit that as long as I am in a small mountain town I will always be longing for "metropolitan cultural pursuits" and that's OK. As Caleb Moss, owner of Bacchus Books & Cafe in Golden, British Columbia says in an article in the Kootenay Mountain Culture, "You can't have it all in one place." You have to build your happiness wherever you call home. Sometimes I forget that and I begin to feel like I live in the Land of the Lost and all I want is to run to where the grass appears to be greener. The Grass Is Never Greener On The Other Side. Or is it?