The Third Place
Over at Coffee Shop Journal, Marla talks about one of my favorite topics. I love to be in the Coffee Shop, just bumping into the people. If you frequent one or two shops with any regularity, you will get to know the people around you. Sometimes you don’t get a chance to know their names, but even so, you nod or smile to acknowledge that they exist. Even that can be a comfort to some lonely soul.
Her blog post is a fun read. She names a few regular characters and a few that just pass through. Take a minute and read it.
And oh, The Third Place? Well there is already a lot on the topic, but if home is the First Place, work is the Second Place, the Third Place is where you hang out: church, the coffee shop, the mall, the park, the bookstore, etc. See Marla’s blog. She describes it in several posts.