A little trap door that opens and let's us through for a tranquil mini escape.

I sure do love that tea, milk and honey myself and really good books to take you away to another place.

I guess that "Third Place" is like a little trap door that opens and let's us through for a tranquil mini escape.

I love the sea shore -- haven't been able to go in 5 years now -- but I can always conjure up walking the beach just as the sun is rising.......toes in the seafoam.......where ocean meets the sand. It is so wonderful to touch with your toes and whole being that mystical space. Not until about a year ago did I learn that the Irish held that place of seafoam - where ocean world meets the shore --where the two worlds collide -- as their most mystical realm. I believe our ancestors reach us across the divide and show us their magical places -- if we are quiet enough to truly listen. Now tell me that our Irish Heritage is not passed down in the DNA!!! We have never been to the Erin Isle - we never heard those tales when we were young. When I need a third place I conjure up the smells of the ocean, the seafoam green and the fairies that dance between your toes................
Noreen Reilly

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