Still Connecting in the City

I just got back from a leisurely breakfast date with myself at my local diner. Despite having my nose buried in a book much of the time, I felt connected to my surroundings and to the people around me. In less than two hours, I connected directly with four people from my immediate community:

• the server who sat down beside me and asked "So where've YOU been miss Trouble? We haven't seen you here in a while?"
• another server, a girl I met on a bike trail Monday afternoon who had a kind smile, and a pink wicker basket with plastic daisies on her bike - I didn't know she worked at the diner
• the guy from the local grocery store having breakfast with his wife, and
• two older ladies on a lunch date, one of them who lives in the area.

The theme of connecting was present in my life around this time last year too (here & here). Maybe it's the spring air that brings it out. Whatever it may be, after a year in the city, I'm happy to see that it's still there.