Nashville, TN
Once upon a time, I lived in Nashville Tennessee. I paid a membership to the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere and would spend random days of a weekend visiting the animals there, walked my dog at Percy Priest park, paid homage to the arts and a Goddess at the Parthenon...
Yesterday I had cause to return to the city. A very dear woman to me was having a graduation party, having after many years decided it was Time to do something better. So, she passed with honors and promptly got placed with a job as a dental assistant and is now harboring plans to improve on that even further. As it happens, she lives close to my most recent "home" in the Music City, so I found myself gawking at the changes as I drove to her home.
The first thing I noticed was the construction. Naturally, the interstate is still under some construction. Currently, its around the Murfreesboro area. I had trouble recognizing familiar exits as a result. Once I got to the Harding Place area however, it all settled back and I found myself remembering... *here* is where my Greg lived when we were occasional lovers, *there* is where Andi lived when she got married, *that corner* is where that terrific grocery is with the live fish, *that way* is my old apartment, *back there* was the Tritel project office. I almost missed it. I did enjoy my time in that town, but then I started contemplating the roads and where I would take my bike for rides.
I don't think I'll be moving back there by mere choice. The city offers many things that I enjoy, but the distance to most of them, just to get out of the city itself, is too great for my blood.
Next stop: Austin Texas.
Yesterday I had cause to return to the city. A very dear woman to me was having a graduation party, having after many years decided it was Time to do something better. So, she passed with honors and promptly got placed with a job as a dental assistant and is now harboring plans to improve on that even further. As it happens, she lives close to my most recent "home" in the Music City, so I found myself gawking at the changes as I drove to her home.
The first thing I noticed was the construction. Naturally, the interstate is still under some construction. Currently, its around the Murfreesboro area. I had trouble recognizing familiar exits as a result. Once I got to the Harding Place area however, it all settled back and I found myself remembering... *here* is where my Greg lived when we were occasional lovers, *there* is where Andi lived when she got married, *that corner* is where that terrific grocery is with the live fish, *that way* is my old apartment, *back there* was the Tritel project office. I almost missed it. I did enjoy my time in that town, but then I started contemplating the roads and where I would take my bike for rides.
I don't think I'll be moving back there by mere choice. The city offers many things that I enjoy, but the distance to most of them, just to get out of the city itself, is too great for my blood.
Next stop: Austin Texas.
posted by WarKitty at
8:54 AM
