friends....

I just got back from Albany, OR, where I was visiting my friends Dana and Alan.
Can I just say that Albany is the cutest town!
The people there were so nice and friendly!
What's up with that?
How can a single community be generally nicer that other areas?????
They were.
Anyway, we hit tons of thrift stores and drank coffee at little sidewalk cafes....we perused the antique stores.....went to the Great Harvest bread store.....sat and listened to some live jazz at this cool restaurant over looking the Willamette river......toured the countryside while listenin' to cool tunes.....it was grand!
I love my friends......they love me, too....which is what I love best about them.
These are the people in my life that I can be quiet with.....it's the knowledge that I am completely loved and accepted and they know that they have my love and devotion.....yummy.
Sometimes, actually, most times, the simple things of life are the best.