where's home?
The best writing is that which you go back to and savour. I love this piece of writing because it captures much of what these small islands mean to me. As someone who didn’t grow up here - who moved away from here - but who knows now that here is home. A cure for tinea “…. But when it all boils down to it if you’re a real New Zealander you have to come back. There’s no two ways about it. Even if you think you’ve chosen to stay away you’ll always be thinking about the place. You’ll always feel the presence of New Zealand there, just under you skin, always causing an itch you can’t always get to. It’ll perch on a branch near the back of your mind whispering sweet nothings, nudging you gently with reminders of endless hills and empty beaches. ...