The Restaurant at the End of the Galaxy
Recently several individuals made fairly random appearances in my life. They were pleasant surprises. If you haven't seen someone dear in a while and you suddenly find yourself face to face with them, it is kind of like looking at a freeze frame of yourself at the zenith of your time together. Old memories come flooding back. Old jokes. Old feelings. It is very easy to feel like you can just continue the last conversation you had. But then you take a step back and realize the years between you. To comprehend all that has happened during that time you did not see them... and to wonder how all of that has changed who you both are. It is a temporal slap in the face. Sometimes it smarts. I had a similar experience when I was trying to update my webpage. Dredging up old pictures. Finding new ones. Contemplating where various individuals are after your brief interlude. Your short dance on the floor of the restaurant at the end of the galaxy. "The shows almost over fo...