I finally found a group of local friends that I met and were immediately like family. Thank you, meetup!

I woke up this morning dreaming about community. At the end I was putting up a big banner with someone for some kind of workshop and we were talking and laughing. When I woke up, I realized that many of the people I've become close to, I've done so through doing something with them. I've expected to connect with people just by having things in ( Read more... )

Speaking of the meme which exposes me as, shall we say, a highly social individual, I've got the post-community blues big time. Being at that reunion, surrounded by smart, funny people (though not near enough of them) immediately accessible for good conversation and lots of laughs, followed by a lovely few days with my dad & family, made me awfully ( Read more... )