Time moves on.  In August of last year I reported 49 connections on LinkedIn and still growing.  As I write today the number has gone up to 180.

This is an interesting number.  On the one hand, there is a good number of people I know with whom I am not (yet) LinkedIn.  On the other hand, I am starting to have invitations to LinkIn from people who have enjoyed my postings on the groups to which I belong and I don’t yet know quite how to respond.

One thing I have enjoyed is connecting via LinkedIn with people I have known personally.  Meeting in this way enriches my understanding of them, helping me to see them in the round – something I cherish.  Xavier Dujoncquoy is one of these.  Xavier used to stay with my family as a young man and joined us on Saturday to celebrate my mother’s 80th birthday.  Here’s Xavier speaking about his memories of those days – and my mother listening.

It was a wonderful day.