Putting things in perspective

This post was supposed to be about the tree(s) that fell this morning on the back of the house. and they did, and I will post some pictures. But to put things into perspective, I read this today. My condolences to Kay and her family. This seems to be a season of loss for people I don't know except via the internet.

This got me thinking about the relationships we build on the web. The web allows us to find a connection to people all over the world, but many of these relationships are only one way. We think we know the authors blogs we read., but we don't. We can though feel great empathy and connection.

Ravelry allows this to happen on a different scale as we carry on conversations via email/posting. But it is the swaps that seem to build the greatest links in my mind. What do you think?