magic on sunday: home to vacationland
as a kid i believed that i was loosely related to everyone in the state of maine. my grandpa ran for a state senate seat, my grandma held two terms in the state legislature. my dad and his siblings were social and well known. my extended family is so big and runs so deep, that to my younger self, it just made sense that everyone was somehow connected to us.
i was born in the 23rd state, but never called it my official place of residence. despite that (or maybe because of it), it's always been a place of retreat. every three years when my dad was re-stationed between air force bases, me and my sister got to spend a long summer up north as my parents got our new house settled. my grandma always called our return to maine “coming home.”
summers at home in maine were spent jumping off of the bridge down the hill from my grandma’s house into a slow-moving river, marching in the annual lobster festival behind my grandpa’s antique car, and going to the union fair for the pig scramble and the demolition derby. it was peppermint stick ice cream cones, picking fresh peas and whatever else was ready from my grandpa’s garden, and fluffernutter sandwiches at the beach.
the flight from new york city to portland, maine is 45 minutes on a good day, 53 when things are running behind. i’ve done that flight a few times, and my heart always expands in a knowing way when i walk into that tiny international jetport.
i’ve just spent a long weekend home in maine, showing my boyfriend around and introducing him to my family. i gushed with memories and anecdotes as i drove past all my favorite spots - for ice cream, hot dogs, and swimming, all the important spots - recounting a time and a place that has shaped the person he knows today.
maybe i’m not connected to everyone in maine like my younger self was led to believe, but it’s the place where i’ll always feel that sort of connection. i hope i'm always just a short flight away.
magic on sunday: 07.01.18
blame - calpurnia
you, forever - sam evian
some sunsick day - morgan delt
just a fool - jim james
shalala - moses gunn collective
love forever - the babe rainbow
in your arms - sunbeam sound machine
until sunday,
meghan
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