If you’d asked me a year ago — six months ago — whether video conferencing would be a good way for old friends to meet, I wouldn’t have believed it. Now I do. Over the weekend, I participated in two Zoom conferences, all involving people I’ve known for nearly 40 years.

Besides me in Illinois, the other participants were in Tennessee and Washington state.

Again, besides Illinois, the participants were in Alabama, Michigan, Massachusetts and Peru.

Most enjoyable, both of them. That makes three social Zooms so far, with no more scheduled right now, but I have another few groups in mind for the not-so-distant future.