What Is a Community?
I recently had a friend suggest to me that I write about community. He was referring specifically to a small intimate Italian restaurant in town where, because it's so popular, and there's often a waiting list, he (and his wife) met and fell in love with another friend of mine, someone who's had a great influence on my life, and become very important to him, too. This restaurant is very popular (I won't say the name but it's very near Cummings Beach), and on Saturday nights, people have to wait for a table. Seems both sets of friends ran into each other all the time because they each went to this restaurant on Saturday night and had to sit in the tiny alcove to wait for your table. Our mutual friend got very hungry one night and asked if they could have something to eat while they waited. A small platter of cheese and crackers was presented and she and her friend asked the couple if they'd like to share. And a beautiful friendship was born. Here...