Nothing spectacular happened and we had no prizes or anything to offer other than ourselves. We just picked a time and place and said come. They came. We ate. And it somehow felt divine.

The table isn’t constructed to merely hold plates and cups, but an object specifically built to congregate people, positioning us to be able to look in each other’s eyes and close enough that we may reach out to touch each other’s hands. It is a place where people gather to know and be known.