Jon, your story reminds me of how things change with friendships, sessions, and such. Since the old Baxter hotel, the home of our Sunday "Irish" session, was bought by new owners last fall, it has never been the same. They actually threw out the Tuesday night bluegrass/old time session, telling them they could no longer meet there. That session has just found a new home a few doors down at a coffee shop, but the space is not as ideal acoustically, etc. It will never be the same. Time marches on, the only thing we can count on is change.
... going with the flow
Alice