A Trip Home.

[aidansgreenenvy]

I went home recently a couple times...for about a week for Thanksgiving and a weekend for my birthday early in December. Thanksgiving was a blast. I hung out with Shannon and Liana a lot, and got to see a lot of my family for the holiday. It's been a long time since I've seen my grandmother, and it was wonderful to see her again. It's funny how

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[soccerslayer]

aidan if i had known you were in town i would have called you! i miss you! next time you are in town let me know!! and happy belated birthday!

[teknopo8]

Aidan,

Sitting in the renovated Blue Dragon is a strange experience. Like you say, each time I come home the nostalgia changes into a more realistic picture. Things change all the time but my ambivalence remains.

Since coming home I've get in touch with fewer people for fear of having to lead conversations into life in Walla Walla, the future, and the accompanying truth that I'm comfortable with neither. On one hand I have hopes for Japan, art, activism... all good things that aren't good enought to make me feel like I'm living sufficiently. On the other, my plans don't coalesce and without the mock trial, youth and government, or you and many other friends who supported my confidence, I'm finding it hard to say what I want to...

You know, I gotta run. But I should write to you or call. I hope you understand that despite not talking to you on your birthday I think about you a lot, and hope to do better than just keep in touch.

Hope things are well in the new year,
Avi