Today's subject is "community."
In the literal sense, I live in a very small, somewhat isolated, mountain town. We've lived in this house for eleven years, and we owned a vacation cabin near here for ten years before that, so we've spent 21 years on this road! We have more friends and acquaintances than we can count -- this is the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else. It's a sheltered and reassuring community to be part of, and I'm grateful to belong here.
I also enjoy the internet communities that I belong to. I have quilt friends and cooking friends and reading friends and gardening friends literally around the world. I learn from them, and they inspire and challenge me. The globe has shrunk to become "home" to us all, and everyone has become my neighbor. Pretty amazing, isn't it?
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There are so many drawbacks to the internet but the spirit of community isn't one of them.
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