Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Sense of place

Bit of a cool start to the week here, working through some troubling family issues I'd sooner keep off the internet in any form and in some respects we return to the notion of "Sense of place" which to be fair has been a pretty big feeling over the decades.

Structurally the usual thing was great grand parents, grandparents, older siblings and then you before getting to more recent additions that might of included a child of your own or that of cousins say 

We generally pay more respects to thoughts, feelings and advice of older people not least for having been around they've learned from mistakes and tend to have a good handle on how things work.

You might well of learned things even as a child drom them by they skills like fixing your bike to how to conduct your life and generally keep out of trouble.


Within my family however whatever the chronological age might be  I am  a "boy" within it which isn't that I may be asked and do contribute to family discussions such as that I referred to earlier on nontheless ultimately I yield to them.

They are the grown ups.

It comes into play where for instance I may make drinks for members who turn up  while they may be engaged in conversation and I may sit on the floor, offering up any seat I might ordinarily had been in.

The fact I am dressed as a  smart casual boy in their presents just adds to whole dynamics, a mature boy who can be trusted rather than sat by the table as an adult.

That is my sense of place within the family and wider community and I have to say it works better for me than pretending to be fully grown up.

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