Wonderful times aren't always easy to convey...

Something I've noticed is that many of my most enjoyable visits with people are hard to write about because it's not really about 'events' -- we may get around to going out and doing something or other noteworthy, but the central aspect of the enjoyment is in the spending of time together. I'm a big fan of "hanging out". I have many excellent memories of time with forestfire just out running errands, or playing board games with cjdoyle and jenx, or sitting in the kitchen talking napalmmk9 and motordyke, and so on. It's true about time with my family, too. Our annual get-together is often as much about sitting around in our hotel/timeshare thingee doing jigsaw puzzles and talking as anything else. Time together -- time for conversation and relaxation -- is what I most value. I certainly have fun going out and doing things, too, but it's often also, at its core, partially a chance for more conversation and time together. Walking on the beach with Fin, or around Cedar Point with the family, or Origins with Heron, or Montreal with Rysmiel, -- all chances for conversation.

( about my visit to Baltimore )