kindred souls

Catherine and I are enjoying a winter retreat that her church has every year. Last year at this time, we zipped up there and shared news of our engagement. This year, we're enjoying the beautiful central Texas weather — blue blue blue sky, clear air with a bit of scent left unpurged by citification, just cold enough to be nice and bracing. And we're enjoying the company of people we only get to see a couple of times a year. Even though I've only actually seen some of these folks a few times period, I think of them as old friends.

That's one of the things I'm grateful for about Catherine: her village has accepted me as one of their own. Partially that's because I am one of their own, with my geeky interests and broadband worldview. So nice to find not just one kindred soul, but a collective of them!