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Yesterday I watched the movie “The Glorias” about Gloria Steinem and the Women’s Liberation movement.  Apart from loving the film, I really resonated with two quotes of Gloria Steinem’s, so I’ll share them again here: On instinct: “If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but youContinue reading ““The Glorias””

I miss having fun, especially shared fun: this is one of the great tolls this pandemic is taking on me — and maybe on other “singles” or “loners” like me.  Joy, excitement, enjoyment, play (on my own as well as shared, in company) have always been very important to me, to my well-being — although,Continue reading “Missing the shared fun”

As a child and teenager my dream was that when I’d grow up I’d go and live in a big mansion-type house, or complex of bungalows, in nature with all of my closest friends. My dream included the possibility of my friends having spouses and/or nuclear families of their own, it didn’t feel contradictory: we’dContinue reading “A child’s dream”

I cannot say that I’m the Little Prince or the Fox. I’m both at once: a restless explorer seeking friends across lands and continents, eager to learn continuously; a small wild creature, desirous of finding friends to play with but also wary of cold-hearted hunters.  Maybe I’m at odds with the world I live in,Continue reading “Introducing Myself (and this blog)”