touching the earth
as a young girl, i was often transfixed by globes and maps. i spent time turning the globes in my grade-school classrooms, looking at the colors of the countries, wondering what it would be like to live far away from where i lived in "the middle" of the united states. i loved the moment in a history class when the teacher would unfurl the map from its hidden location above the blackboard. when looking through atlases and spinning globes, i wondered if countries could choose their color. i enjoyed running my fingers over bumpy topographical maps and thinking about the mountains and how high they might be. i remember realizing that all the oceans were connected and often thought that there should just be one name for all the water connecting the continents. my parents bought me a globe pillow and i spent time choosing my favorite country name and dreaming of taking trips to that country when i was old enough to explore the world on my own.
now, jon and i often remark something to one another when we see a globe in a store. "look at that." "we should get one of those." "i love globes."
i think it might be time for me to finally have a globe of my own. i also think it might be time for me to start seriously planning some adventures.
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Reader Comments (8)
me too! thank you for the childhood memory this morning.
i love globes too!!! before bed everynight (not just as a child, but as an adult) i used to spin the globe, close my eyes, and put my finger on it. then, i would lay in bed and think about the adventures i would have wherever my finger landed...
I too love globes .I would have a huge collection of them if I had the room. Thanks for co hosting poetry thursday. It will be sadly missed.
I've always wanted a globe...
i've had a travel but lately too!! something's in the air for sure. where are you gonna go?
Don´t forget to put Austria on your list!
I love this post and I also love topographical maps. The bumpy ridges of them just make them seem all the more real.
Definitely get a globe for yourself and definitely start planning an adventure. Everyone needs those from time to time.
xo,
Karen Beth :)
I thought the same thing about the colors of the countries.
I know there are lots of advantages to the internet, but I still love my reference books (big dictionaries that give word origins, almanacs, atlases, etc.).