MOTOVUN, READING (September 29, 2007)
Since arriving in Zagreb nearly a week ago, I have been confounding Motovun and Reading more often than I would have thought possible. Several times a day I hear myself think: “When I return to Reading…” Or I check myself just before opening my mouth: “Back in Reading…” This has not been happening for years. It must have stopped at most a year after moving to Motovun. This did not happen the last time I was in Zagreb, either. What is going on? Am I nostalgic for Reading? Or is this nostalgia as such?