One of the reasons I first became interested in blogging was to fill the void I was feeling for community.  I felt like I was missing a big part of life in folks with common interests and goals.  Blogging has to some extent filled that void, in that I’ve met many people with common goals and interests and I read their blogs with interest and some people read my blog (hopefully with interest), I’ve also emailed and become friends with many bloggers, though long distance friendships in most cases.  Bloggers that I’ve met all seem to be very far away, but someday I’m confident that I’ll at least meet up with the folks in Idaho.

A few months ago, Robbyn had updated her blog read list and as I was surfing her list, I discovered Jessica’s blog, Practical Nourishment.  I read with interest and noted that she too was from Montana.  I left a comment and turns out not only is she from Montana but lives just 20 minutes away from me.  We’ve emailed and I immediately liked her, then the house came along and well any plans to actually meet up had to be put on hold.  On hold, that is, until last night when she attended my worm composting class.

I’ve read about bloggers meeting each other on other blogs and have always thought, oh wouldn’t that be cool.  You know what, it was cool.  Jessica is as sweet in person as she is in her writings.  I look forward to meeting up with her again in the near future, and perhaps building a little bit of community locally of like-minded folks.