Last week My wife Joanne went away for a long weekend to a Woman's Film Festival and I was left home alone with our puppy Charcoal and my thoughts.
Being a social animal I do not fare well in solitude. Thank goodness for the puppy and her walks where we could interact with other dogs and their owners. You might call this Old School Social Networking.
Thank goodness also for my cell phone calls with Jo and my emailing, texting, fredslisting, Facebooking and the like. By doing so I benefitted from the concept of virtual reality.
Nonetheless, I now know the true meaning of "killing time" and I can't say I enjoyed it.
Most important, my moments of solitude afforded me with fertile segments of "open awareness" (which according to Nathaniel Hawthorne is "that pleasant mood of mind where gaiety and pensiveness intermingle") which inspired me to write this piece.
What do you do when you are alone and do you enjoy it?
Posted By : hydrajet