Packrat’s and my closest friends — some of whom we’ve known for decades — are people we met at school and work. Since retiring and moving out of state, meeting people has been more difficult without the constant contact of (for instance) a workplace. We still keep in touch with old friends by phone, email and social media, of course, and we have family nearby. But we’re still figuring out this business of finding people to hang out with.
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We’ve met the neighbors, but don’t know any of them very well yet. Some of the other things we’ve been doing: a lesbian brunch we found on Meet-ups. The library’s “open book club” (meaning: there’s no assigned book, just go talk about whatever you’re reading). Both of these are fun, but they’re only once a month. The library’s weekly game night was sparsely attended and mostly children. I’m frequently at protests, but those aren’t the easiest places to have a real conversation. I’m giving some thought to volunteer work (possibly at the library).
I recently discovered that there’s a bimonthly LGBTQ+ lunch gathering at the local Senior Center. And a quick look at the calendar forced us to realize we are in fact seniors. (Could this be why we’ve stopped hanging out with rowdy college kids?) We’ll see how it goes.
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From the chief TC cat-herder, brillig:
In kos' latest site update diary Daily Kos new site update: We have our first build!, West of the Cascades began a thread about the new build that ended up a coffee pun, thanks to Sarkazein.
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In my Monday Top Comments, I began by talking about my decluttering efforts. Franks Human had this perfect comment!
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Baby Seal summarizes the current administration’s position on arrest vs. summary execution.
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