Good morning, and happy beginning of meteorological Spring! Under all that snow, wonderful things are happening, but in New England we know that there's more to get through before Spring comes for real real :-) I had a slightly different plan for this letter today, but late last night I came across the title of an article from Psychology Today that immediately caught my attention. "We've Lost the Spaces that Foster Friendship." I believe most of us are already aware of that. For decades, people have been pulling back from joining clubs and other organizations, from church membership and from bowling leagues and community choirs. Covid made it much worse, and so many of us retreated into our own little worlds, helped along by online "communities." These gathering spaces outside our homes are called our third spaces (first = home, second = work), and there are fewer of them all the time. When the great withdrawal began, lots of third spaces ...