Umstrittene Grenze

"Boundary in Dispute"
"Home," is by definition the place where one lives permanently.  "Home base," on the other hand is by definition a place from which operations are carried out, a headquarters. 

These two ideas, separated from one another by a single word, have vastly different definitions yet the lines between what to us humans is considered one or the other is often blurred.  In between journeys and adventures, making a quick stop home to unpack and repack does make it seem like the house I grew up in has turned into a home base.  And the sense of permanence is a bit of a foreign concept in a place which doesn't help matters. 

Home can also be of or relating to the place where one lives, in which case I, and many people that I know, have multiple homes.  My house at school and the house I grew up in are both homes to me.  But home base can also refer to the place that players progress to in games.  And so if one considers life a game, then yes, I do always strive at one point or another, to get back to this little, slightly run-down, weather-beaten house, making it, for me, a home base. 

Luckily these terms are interchangeable in many cases and can be partnered to describe a place.  So as I set off on yet another journey, it is good to know that I will have a place to come back to, what is, for now, home and home base.