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Pear & Apricot Pastry Almondine

Brooklyn, New York – As some of you may have noticed that lately there have been some posts about last time this and last time that or that I haven’t posted in awhile.  I may be resisting the inevitable – putting up the pictures and little stories of my last few weeks in Thailand (those are coming soon).  After thirteen months in Southeast Asia, I’ve moved back to New York.  Friends and family have been asking how it feels to be back, if I’m sad to have left, if I miss it or regret it, and to be honest, it hasn’t sunk in yet.  I don’t think I’ve fully accepted that this isn’t another visit and that I won’t be slurping noodle soup in another week or two.  I’ve been wrapped up in eating bagels and burgers, making pasta and pies, and taking care of all the little details of moving back into Brooklyn through the haze of jetlag.  Perhaps the reason I don’t feel sad is confidence in the connection I’ve developed with the country.  This isn’t the end of fedification.com or of my relationship with Thailand; it’s just the close of one chapter.  Some friends barely acknowledged a goodbye.  “You’re more Thai than I am,” a Thai-American friend told me, “you’ll be back.”