tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post5094364925026669266..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: On SolitudeFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-10183240293512673812015-11-24T12:21:50.189-05:002015-11-24T12:21:50.189-05:00I try to get to the woods alone for a long weekend...I try to get to the woods alone for a long weekend twice a year. I sit, think, read, and become one with my sleeping bag.<br /><br />I took the kids on one of those once, and they said it was the most boring thing ever. I disagreed. :-)Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-61936277439060918782015-11-24T03:44:28.850-05:002015-11-24T03:44:28.850-05:00Noise - from other humans in the form of being for...Noise - from other humans in the form of being forced to hear their choice of music, traffic noise, barking dogs, etc. - became intolerable to me. Hence my move to the rural mountains of SW Montana, where the sound of the wind is usually all we hear. The occasional song of the Western meadowlark in the spring and the calling of elk to each other in the winter are the sounds we enjoy apart from the peace and quiet that normally reigns here.<br /><br />Now our contact with other people is a pleasant _choice_, not forced upon us by the presence of too many people around us. <br /><br />My wife and I often have different pursuits during the day, and that time alone is actually comforting. We have lived in close quarters, cruising in our sailboat and traveling the country in our RV after we came back to live on dry land, and were comfortable. The temporary separation as we each "do our own thing" here in this latest chapter of our retirement is good for us both.Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-78516297605059861662015-11-23T16:34:50.473-05:002015-11-23T16:34:50.473-05:00Solitude. Does having a cat count?
I'm retir...Solitude. Does having a cat count?<br /><br />I'm retired too and don't miss work in the least. It's noise that I now find the most irritating. Traffic, school yards, barking dogs, lawn mowers, leaf blowers. Seems endless. I do have a place in the mountains that I escape to. For days if I so choose. The cats let me know how bad I've been for leaving them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com