Hi again

[cjsmith]

Just as friendship degrades if you don’t take care of it, so do lots of ways of connecting with people.

I haven’t been here regularly in a while, and I hope to change that.

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[minoanmiss]

I'm glad to see you back :)

[cjsmith]

Thank you. :) :)

[ame_chan]

*waves*

[cjsmith]

Hi hi!

[batrachian]

welcome back :)

[cjsmith]

Thanks! How have you been?

[batrachian]

I've forgotten how much you'd have seen; the big thing over the last six months has been processing a divorce.

It's been... very erratic, emotionally speaking.

[cjsmith]

I … just saw your latest. I know you didn’t enable comments so I won’t belabor anything, except only to say, hugs, Internet friend.

[batrachian]

thank you.

[psi_star_psi]

Howdy!

[cjsmith]

Hey there! How goes it with you?

[psi_star_psi]

First day of school! House to myself. w00t!

Ike moved out and off to Concord with grandparents for now. That's one launched.

We're doing OK.

[labelleizzy]

Hooray for one launched and for the house to oneself!

[cjsmith]

Oh wow, a milestone indeed. How’s it feel?

[psi_star_psi]

Until Gwen gets her license, Jen and I are back to having to run all the errands ourselves. :-) But that should be resolved in a month or so.

It feels pretty good. We see the end of this phase of life coming eventually and are starting to figure out what is next. Whee!

[siliconshaman]

Good to see you again.

[cjsmith]

Thank you!

[noelfigart]

Glad to see you here! *waves happily*

[cjsmith]

Hi hi! *waves back cheerfully*

I like your new profile pic.

[amaebi]

Hi again!

[cjsmith]

Hi! *beams*

[pauamma]

Hiya!

[cjsmith]

Hiya! :)

[mrdreamjeans]

I hope you can find time to post and comment! You've been missed!

[cjsmith]

Aw thank you! I hope you have been doing well, big future planning questions aside.

[mrdreamjeans]

Just realizing I can't depend on others to stay put. I just have to take retirement day by day and create a happy life for myself until I'm gone.

[cjsmith]

It’s rough, isn’t it? Really highlights how alone we ultimately are.

I guess just keep making more friends, eh? I could stand to learn that lesson, for sure.

[mrdreamjeans]

It's a topic on which I obsess. Dying alone is my biggest fear, so I think and write about it hoping I can come to terms with my likely reality.

[labelleizzy]

Hello! I also tend to come here to brainstorm and dump out my brain more than read. Reading more here would be A Good Thing!

[cjsmith]

Hi hi hi! Long time no see! I hope all is well with you.

[demariana]

Hello! I am another who has started to come here to write/read.

[mrdreamjeans]

Thanks for the add!

[cjsmith]

Hi hi! *wave*

[lcohen]

always happy to see posts from you!

[cjsmith]

Yaaay! I’m glad to see you are still writing longform chatty posts. :)

[wcg]

Good to see a post from you. Hoping this is the re-beginning of something regular, but even if it's not, it's still nice to reach across the virtual space to say hi.

[cjsmith]

Hi hi! Sporadic, perhaps, rather than regular, but I'll think of things to blather (ahem: post) about, never fear. :) :)

[tiger_spot]

As you know Bob, I am mostly over on Twitter these days, which is *completely bizarre* because I simply do not have Twitter-size thoughts and following the comments there is a giant pain in the ass and the infrastructure over here is SO MUCH BETTER but I didn’t get any responses at all to my last Tiny Art post so I can only conclude that nobody is reading me here anymore.

I do still check in now and again.

[cjsmith]

Oh ouch. That's not a fun feeling, the "nobody is reading what I write" (at least if you write hoping someone will read it, as opposed to making a diary for yourself).

I'm that way on Twitter - largely invisible. I know amaebi sees what I write there, because she specifically goes and looks for it. A couple of my zoom friends have me on a reading list, so they're more likely than average to see what I write, although mostly they don't comment except on the random occasions when I say "Nobody's out there!" The general case is a lost cause. The algorithm hates me.

I hadn't seen your Tiny Art post and will now go look for it. :) :) :)

[zahraa]

I'm still here, once a week or so!

[cjsmith]

Yaaaay!