House Versus Home

A house is a building that serves as a shelter for animals, including humans; it's a living space, a place of residence. It can be made of brick, stone, stucco, wood, block, glass, ...
The word house is a concrete noun; it can be felt with the five senses. What about home?

The word home can be used as a concrete noun in some of its definitions, but in comparison with the word house, it is an abstract noun; it cannot be felt with the five senses. 

As with most abstract nouns, home can mean different things to various people. To me, home is where I feel safe, where I feel at peace, where I get to be comfortable. No matter where I am, whether or not I am in my house, my furry companions are my tiny social unit, my family, and when I am with them, I feel I am at home.

I just read another thought-provoking article by Philip Anderson, a remarkable lesson on perspective and gratitude:
https://www.independentliving.co.uk/philip-anderson/seeking-refuge-yearning-for-home/ 

I wonder what home means to others.

Reflections

When I published my first memoir, Languages & Life Lessons, I wrote this blog post:

I started writing when I learned to write, but I started writing every day in 2016.

It was meant to be therapeutic. I wrote what I couldn't say.

Over 5,000 pages later, in 2019, after I got settled in my cabin in the woods, I started organizing my notes to turn my writing into a book.

This process alone took over a year, and by the end of 2020, I finally had about 200 pages.

The editing didn't seem to get anywhere for a while...

One day, working on the manuscript, I realized this was going to be three books, not one.

When I divided my work into three sections, I began to make progress with the editing.

Languages & Life Lessons (by Afarin Rava, my pen name) is one of those three books, the first to be published.

https://www.amazon.com/Languages-Life-Lessons-Afarin-Rava/dp/B09HG6KHB3

My pen name is the last part of my first name and the first part of my last name:

noosh(afarin rava)ghi

My second memoir, Reflections: A Journey of Transformation, is currently available on Amazon: 
https://www.amazon.com/reflections-journey-transformation-Afarin-Rava/dp/B0B3QDW9C7

I am now working on the third book...