Six degrees of seperation is the idea that any two people can be connected with a mazimum of six steps. It captures the reality of a shrinking world. Of course, in recent years facebook and other social media have dramatically shifted the landscape. Perhaps four degrees of seperation is more realistic in 2019. But our community is different, perhaps unique.
Here we talk of two degrees of seperation. Whatever the number, it is low and it is a characteristic of my community that I love. I felt a bit lost and overwhelmed in the big city of Calgary where I lived before I moved here. It was not unusual to be out and about on weekends and see no one familiar, everyone was a stranger. I have now lived in Lakeside for seven years and here I often see people I know. I gives me a sense of connection with this community that I highly value.
Pat and I attend Open Circle at least twenty times per year. There are always other people attending whom I know, some are good friends. There is always a pleasant buzz of fellowship.
There are often familiar names and faces in the pages of El Ojo and the Guadalajara Reporter. Sometimes I am recognized because my picture has been in the paper in connection with the Ajijic Book Club. I like the small town atmosphere and I hope that I never need to live in the big city ever again.