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nineweaving this afternoon: a bit over three hours of chatting in a garden near Harvard, unmasked. We bought pastries and hot chocolate at Burdick's, then walked to the garden, and settled in for a long conversation about all sorts of things, including past and hoped-for future travels, how we've coped with the pandemic, and how rushthatspeaks, gaudior, and their kid are doing. I would have happily talked longer, but I needed to go home, stopping for groceries on the way, and get caffeine and then dinner.
This was the first serious in-person socializing either of us has done with people outside our respective bubbles in over a year, though I've had a few brief, outdoor, and masked conversations with a couple ofadrian_turtle's friends from Havurah Shalom, mostly when I was at her place when they showed up with groceries. And talking with one of my own friends is more satisfying than talking with friends of friends, even when they're nice people.
While I was waiting for a bus home after buying groceries, the stranger at the other end of the bench asked me "did you hear the [Chauvin] verdict?" Having gotten messages from a couple of different activist groups, I was able to say "yes, guilty, on the most serious count." We were both pleased and a little surprised; after talking about that for a couple of minutes, he asked me "are you a musician?" and, when I said no, commented that he'd thought I might be because of the hair.
I haven't missed that sort of unexpected conversations with strangers nearly as much as I've missed talking to my friends, but I have missed it. (A month ago, before I was fully vaccinated, I would have hesitated to ask him to move down the bench to make room for me.)
nineweaving this afternoon: a bit over three hours of chatting in a garden near Harvard, unmasked. We bought pastries and hot chocolate at Burdick's, then walked to the garden, and settled in for a long conversation about all sorts of things, including past and hoped-for future travels, how we've coped with the pandemic, and how rushthatspeaks, gaudior, and their kid are doing. I would have happily talked longer, but I needed to go home, stopping for groceries on the way, and get caffeine and then dinner.This was the first serious in-person socializing either of us has done with people outside our respective bubbles in over a year, though I've had a few brief, outdoor, and masked conversations with a couple of
adrian_turtle's friends from Havurah Shalom, mostly when I was at her place when they showed up with groceries. And talking with one of my own friends is more satisfying than talking with friends of friends, even when they're nice people.While I was waiting for a bus home after buying groceries, the stranger at the other end of the bench asked me "did you hear the [Chauvin] verdict?" Having gotten messages from a couple of different activist groups, I was able to say "yes, guilty, on the most serious count." We were both pleased and a little surprised; after talking about that for a couple of minutes, he asked me "are you a musician?" and, when I said no, commented that he'd thought I might be because of the hair.
I haven't missed that sort of unexpected conversations with strangers nearly as much as I've missed talking to my friends, but I have missed it. (A month ago, before I was fully vaccinated, I would have hesitated to ask him to move down the bench to make room for me.)
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in the Before Times there was a nice lady I used to see on the bus who had an adorable plump daughter. Today I was sitting outside my office and I saw them again! And the daughter is about 8 inches taller! It was very pleasant indeed. :D
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