Yes, I know what you mean too. My very best friends are all, I think, 'folkies' and some of them I only see once or twice a year but I KNOW that if I were in real need or real distress those who could would be there, even if they had to travel quite a long way to do it. Those who couldn't be there would continue to offer their support from a distance. I have friends since I joined Mudcat that I've never met.

Though I agree that those who have a common intere4st form 'families' because they tend to be similar sorts of people, but I think we are actually extra lucky in the folk world, and probably one or two other groups, because, in the main folk people tend to be a very thinking and caring crowd.

Whatever, I do know I wouldn't leave the folk world for any money and I wouldn't swap any of you for anyone else outside the crowd. My life would be so much poorer without the lot of you.
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Love Lynne