Nebraska Cities
Sammy is having a day out with his Mommy because his mother’s having a bad day and she needed a break in any case, leaving me in the house with my thoughts – because my parents are out on a date day as well. And my thoughts keep drifting back to Nebraska cities.
I’m currently staring at the fairly-abused map that I had used for my Nebraska game, the one that I had gotten my sweet, funny, smart and cute nephew to become addicted to. With my eyes, I stare at all the Nebraska cities that I had already mentally traveled to, all the Nebraska cities that I wish to truly travel to. Sometimes, I can almost imagine being already there in those Nebraska cities, taking in the sights, the smells the sounds, meeting the people, basking in their unique topography, geography and ecosystems. I want to really go to these Nebraska cities, because Nebraska cities are often steeped with singular histories and are very much special in their own way – whether they are known for their produce or their past or their people, or even whether they have the strangest of claims to fame, I want to travel to experience these Nebraska cities for myself.
I realize just how much my bones ache for these Nebraska cities, how much I long for them in a way that defines me. And I simply no longer have any more excuses.