NEW YEAR

This year could probably be much different for me than any previous one in my memory. I now live with only a beautiful Basset Hound for company. The nice thing about this is that when I talk to the dog, she sometimes listens and often just turns away; but, I still am quite comforted by her presence. Fortunately, she has only a limited vocabulary (two words : Bow and Wow) and seldom directs these words towards me.

I still live by a code of honor that I will not (cannot) break that is grounded in being truthful and honest while endeavoring to never intentionally hurt anyone or anything.

The greatest challenge that I face is extreme loneliness. This, for me, is made doubly difficult because of my personality; of being introverted which means that I do not make friends easily and often do not know how to engage in idle conversation. It seems that few people (that I have met), do not enjoy talking or thinking about those things of interest to me.