Alone in a Crowd

As Numenius mentioned yesterday, we attended the No Kings rally in Davis. He peeled off early from the march, but I stayed on almost until the end. I did see people I knew over the course of the couple of hours that I attended, but mostly I was surrounded by people I didn’t know.

There is something very comforting about being alone yet in a crowd. I am someone who has always sought the company of others, but I’m learning, in my advancing years, to enjoy my own company. Maybe this is why people like to study in coffee shops: to be there, surrounded yet alone. It’s a particularly urban experience I think.