Meeting Another Blogger…

Howdy everyone! I have been on an unplanned hiatus. No reason – I have been writing, but just not blogging. Anyway, the events of this post took place months ago. I held off publishing until Charles was ready. Now it is time…..

I met a blogger. I was headed to Philly, so I reached out to Charles of PhicklePhilly to see if he was interested in grabbing coffee/drink/lunch. He graciously and bravely agreed.

I am adventurous enough to reach out to anyone if I’m going to be in their town and have time. I enjoy meeting new people. Fellow bloggers, govern yourselves accordingly.

He picked a great local spot that I surprisingly remembered from a brunch years ago on the morning after my daughter’s engagement. We settled in and the conversation never lagged.

Charles has had a really interesting journey. He’s funny, a good listener and, like me, has plenty of stories. We instantly connected and chatted about our blogs, his books, dating, relationships, our kids, etc. We covered so much over a single 2-hour lunch that I can’t begin to recap it all.

One topic that resonated with me was how we both have been cutting out the bad/toxic folks in our lives and how Covid helped with that process.

Charles is a great host and proud of his city. I was much more interested in good conversation than exploring Philly. I was content to nurse my drink and revel in a filter-less conversation where no topic is off-limits. I could discuss my blogs past and present.

However I was in Philly for a family event, so eventually it was time to meet up with my clan. My daughter and her besties from high school were bursting with curiosity when I later arrived at their hang-out. They let me drink a glass of wine and pounced.

“Who was he?” “How did we meet?” “ What blog?!” “Can we read it?” Yes, you can read his, but not mine. “Why not?” It was all good-hearted. They are very impressed with my secret blog and my willingness to reach out to someone in a different city. They pounced onto Charles’ blog immediately to check him out. Too funny.

Charles, thank you for an entertaining lunch with great conversation. Thank you for a copy of your book. And thank you for making me look very cool to the young folks in my life – LOL.

Here we are -Birdie & Charles.
This probably the only picture you will ever see of me on this blog. LOL.