How a digital coffeehouse grew out of living room picnics…
In February 2021, I began inviting women I know to living room picnics. Small group conversations around a single topic. Attendance varied and there was never any preparation required. We’d go deep, we’d go light and laughing, and always we’d go wide—on journeys with each other, peeking into our respective worlds, past, present and future.
I have to say that pretty much every week, at some point during the call (we met via Zoom), I’d think to myself:
This is amazing, just listening to her talk, what she said about herself— I had no idea.
I never thought of it like that, or yes, me too! Thank you for saying that for us.
Every week.
Every week these conversations would inspire, nourish and ground me in ways I just can’t do on my own. We were well into COVID-19 pandemic and isolating.
And we needed a place to meet. At least I did.