This evening I went to a dinner party.
Nothing spectacular happened, other than a perfect evening. The host and hostess had prepared a feast, various guests brought wine and desserts, and the stage was set for the simple magic of people sitting around a table talking and getting to know one another.
I had not met most of the guests, but I was not surprised to find how much I liked them. This is the old fashioned kind of social network — the kind that existed for millennia before Facebook. People whom you really like invite you to dinner, along with other people whom they really like, and soon you find yourself immersed in hours of fascinating conversations with newfound friends.
Afterward, I was amazed to discover that the evening had lasted nearly six hours — so easily did the time fly by. It’s heartening to realize that in this modern age of hi-tech computer games and 3D movies with three hundred million dollar budgets, the most fun is still to be had through the simple pleasure of a group of friends sitting around a table, enjoying each other’s company.
🙂 🙂 🙂