The tattoo shop where I've been going for fifteen years is like therapy but cooler and now my artist is moving across the country and I don't know how to explain to people that I'm losing more than just someone who does good work.
More people experience this than they realize.
Some relationships that start as transactions evolve into something deeper, and losing them means losing not just the service but a rare form of intimacy that exists nowhere else in your life.
“Where Are You with Third places — bars libraries parks barbershops?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.