First meetings.

They are almost always a bit of a strange experience. The marriage of the digital and physical worlds can be a bit of an emotionally messy transition. Adding a voice, a laugh, the action of a smile, the subtle twinkle... there are few more under-prepared, yet not totally uncommon, situations I have really experienced in life. Today was one of the really good ones. It felt like a merging of presence and optimism. A pleasant emotional exploration. I very much look forward to seeing where it goes from here.