Tuesday, July 21, 2009

A place other than home or work where a person can go to relax and feel part of the community.


There's no place like third place.

I'm not talking about winning and losing here, or races or sports or politics, but something far more important: the simple art of living your life in the real world. In that world, as someone has pointed out, all communities — and therefore all members of communities — need a "third place." It's not your home. It's not where you work. Those are the first two places. No, it's the place where you go to, um, be.
—Stephen Hunter, "Shear Gladness," The Washington Post, September 13, 2002

I have never forgotten this article; and today more than ever, it seems important to bring some peace to our existence. A third place to go without pressures or competition. Ahhhhhhhh, starting over as a complete unknown. MMMMmmmmmmmm

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