normally when i leave to go on tour i make the assumption that the world is a fairly static place, and that the world i leave will be the world to which i return. but now i can’t make that assumption, what with the plethora of variables potentially affecting the world in which we live.
1-war with iraq
2-war with north korea
3-terrorist attacks
4-growing rifts between america and just about every other country on the planet
5-economic turmoil
6-stock market turmoil
7-etc.
i’m not trying to draw attention to depressing issues, but it’s odd that i don’t really know what sort of world i’ll be returning to.
and i hope that i don’t sound melodramatic.
because it’s quite possible that lots of things will happen in the next month, but that most of these things won’t directly effect any of us very much.
i’m provincial and parochial, in that i’d like to return to a city wherein i can meet my friends for scrabble at teany. i know that’s selfish and small-minded of me, but that’s what i hope for.
and i hope that people everywhere can also meet their friends for scrabble (or the indigenous board game of their choosing…)
and tea, as well.
peace and tranquil domesticity might be dull at times, but it’s my greatest hope that all of us can lead lives that are rife with peace and tranquil domesticity.
now i’m off to: l.a/new zealand/australia/singapore/hong kong/mexico.
good luck, everybody.
moby