One of the things I love about juggling is that it creates an automatic connection among strangers.

I was in Chapel Hill, NC visiting a friend working on her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina this past weekend.  We were walking around the UNC campus on Sunday (coincidentally at the same time the Vanderbilt Juggling Club was meeting) and I noticed some jugglers passing clubs in the distance.  I walked over and introduced myself, picked up three clubs, and began passing with them.  For about 10 minutes, I felt like I was at home, even though I was over 500 miles away.

When I was in elementary school, I taught myself to juggle three balls.  It was fun learning things on my own, but it wasn't until my junior year in college when Tom (where are you now?!) taught me to pass clubs that I realized the social aspect of juggling.  Since then, I've had the joy of juggling in and around Nashville, meeting new people, teaching people to juggle, and learning new things from other jugglers.

Jugglers, don't isolate yourselves!