Three Degrees of Separation

July 31, 2011

What a week this has been!  Wonderful things have always happened because of Facebook.  Renewals with old friends, hooking up with relatives I didn't even know I had, and because I live in Mexico, I'm able to keep in constant contact with family and friends.  So what I'm going to write about is what happened this week...and it may be confusing.

Let's see...where do I begin?  Guess I'll start with John.  John is a long time good friend of mine from Santa Cruz and he has supported my life style in the past 5 years without reserve; perhaps even a bit envious.  Here we are at my farewell party in 2006..

In between my travels across Canada, USA, and Mexico, we have kept in touch via email and Facebook and anytime I was back in Santa Cruz, he'd visit me in Felton at my RV Park or we'd have lunch or take a walk.  He was always going to come and visit me in the Baja.  For quite a few months now I hadn't heard from him, so I had to scold him and he came through with some very good excuses.

I have another friend on Facebook who travels to Mexico all the time.  Betsy does fabulous tours to Mainland Mexico; among one of her many talents.  A writer, a chef, a radio show host, etc... and all around beautiful lady.  It seems John took one of her tours and I hadn't heard from him since .... until yesterday.  They must have met through FB; perhaps even through my page...don't know that yet.  But it's a logical conclusion.

The lovely and talented Betsy

A few weeks ago I commented on Betsy's post about her coming to the Baja and she said she was definitely going to do it...in more time, as we say in Mexico.  A friend of Betsy's named Carol commented on the same post saying she was going to be in the same town I'm in in a few weeks.  Carol and Betsy have known each other for 30+ years. They are both from the East Coast.  Carol and John (another John) her partner or whatever you call a couple these days when they're older than 30, were coming to visit John's sister, Jo, who has been living here for a couple months.  They are here now and we are having such a good time.  The kind of people you feel like you've always known.

Jo, Carol, John, Pat this morning at Baja Beans

This is where the story gets confusing and goes from 6 degrees of separation to 3 (I think).  John and Betsy haven't announced their private lives on FB so not even Carol knew she and John had traveled together on a tour and what was to follow.  John had filled me in with a letter of apology about why he hadn't written and told me about Betsy...yesterday.  So we had lots to talk about this morning at Baja Beans.  The 2 Johns, Carol and Betsy are getting together when they are all in California at the same time.  Jo, meanwhile, is seriously considering staying here in the Baja...She's liking it.  I hope she does.

None of them know this yet....but a friend of Betsy's John, he hasn't seen since high school and I are friends on Facebook, of course.  She came to Cabo for a wedding and was going to rent a car and come to see me but life happened and she didn't.  She made a comment this morning on Carol's John's post about a song he'd posted of a friend of his on FB.  I'll tell her this whole story and then we may have 2 degrees of separation....the world is small and life is good and friends are wonderful!