warm greetings from a first-time visitor

~florrie

hello, everyone.

this is my first time visiting the pub, so i’ll have just a cup of mint tea for tonight.

i hope all of you are having a lovely time.

i've been searching for a calm place to relax and have a nice chat after a long day, and i found this one by pure serendipity. earlier this year, i made the choice to step away from the raucous world of social media after noticing how detached from the real world it was making me feel. since then, i’ve been spending my free time reading, gardening, and going on walks. i’ve been slowly re-learning how to be present with myself and in the world. but i also deeply missed the sense of commonality that the web offers, to be able to share an experience and have a stranger, on a different side of the world, hear you and understand your words. that was when i first learnt about the small internet and gemini, and decided to give it a try. i am very new and very lost, but i am present. i am probably going to make a few mistakes along the way, but i thank you for understanding.

there is a poem by charif shanahan that goes:

“ i climb down the stairs and wander the medina. / sit at a café near the souk and order mint tea. / i want to enter my life like a room. blue walls. / a floor painted green. three large windows. light. / i study the faces that pass. count each one. / it is a long time before my eyes meet another’s.”

tonight, i am looking out the open window and the moon looks beautiful. i am happy that this is a moment that we get to share. let’s order a cup of tea and fill our hearts with something warm. as a matter of fact, the next round is on me.