Reading and relaxing

Not what we were doing. A busy day in the city. I find the city mostly impersonal, people in a rush, not looking at anyone else, no smiles and hellos, people lost in their own little worlds. But...we had two interactions today that were so good, one with a clerk in a store and the guy who was there to fix the store's AC. Another customer in the store said as we were leaving, "That sounded like quite the interesting conversation you were having there!"  Another was with a construction worker on the street that we almost collided with. Lots of laughter. Life would be so drab and boring if we didn't engage with others.