The Geography of Family and Friends

There is lots to recommend a geography based on family and friends. Last weekend, we were in Santa Fe, where we hung out with my sister and brother-in-law, and my neice and her husband. This weekend we are on the Oregon coast with old friends observing an annual celebration of November birthdays.
This geography isn't big on cardinal directions or maps to scale. It's like a diagram of warm, pulsing dots connected by skinny little lines.