I had the pleasure of growing up in a rural community …

My father was born there … he knew absolutely everyone and had known them for a lifetime…

When I read my hometown paper, I am still making connections …  Connecting long-ago familiar names … almost always now … in the obituaries …

America has lost much with the advent of our mobile society … our near total reliance on data networks to connect us … 

We have lost the intimacy and permanency of physical community … and that is sad indeed!

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