Tag: Returning home

Knoxville Couchsurfers: Finding My Way Back Home

by Zachary A. Marx • March 20, 2013 • Comments Off

I could rightfully consider Knoxville, Tennessee home as much as any other spot on Earth. I’ve lived there 12 years, far longer than any other place. I went to high school and college there. I have a more fond memories…

Reverse Culture Shock: You Can Never Go Back

by Zachary A. Marx • September 19, 2012 • 4 Comments

In the 1997 comedy Grosse Pointe Blank, assassin Martin Blank (played by my boy, John Cusack) goes home after 10 years to reconnect with his long-lost love, and “delete somebody along the way.” Before returning, he asks his therapist, Dr. Oatman…