Midding

title- from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: "feeling the tranquil pleasure of being near a gathering but not quite in it—hovering on the perimeter of a campfire, chatting outside a party while others dance inside, resting your head in the backseat of a car listening to your friends chatting up front—feeling blissfully invisible yet still fully included, safe in the knowledge that everyone is together and everyone is okay, with all the thrill of being there without the burden of having to be." Another in the Sandhill Crane series that borders on the edge of surrealism, or as John Crowther suggested, "Magic Realism."