Connect disconnect

[vaneramos]

It has been a strange week. Wednesday evening brought a wave of loneliness and alienation. Fortunately I had plans to attend a volunteer party at Out On The Shelf. I might have stayed home, except I had already promised to drive my friend, Lori. Before going, I baked gluten-free apricot shortbread tarts, one for me and one for her. Lori gave me the

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[rsc]

As I said to jwg during breakfast one day last week, "Is there anything better than a good peach?" We go to the local Farmer's Market faithfully every Thursday, and we always stock up on peaches (as long as the season lasts, which is a good two months around here), so we can have one as part of breakfast every morning.

[vaneramos]

My breakfast is usually fruit sliced up with yogurt and a little gluten-free cereal. Peaches are the best.

[inishglora]

I just fail to communicate effectively because I fear rejection.

Once again, you astound me in articulating things I only half-sensed about my own experience. I alluded to it in my latest entry. I think, though, that I fail to communicate with others (such as nosy relatives) out of reaction-formation toward their over-involved, enmeshed tendencies toward TMI amongst each other.

[vaneramos]

I was describing specifically how I relate to people face-to-face. I find it much easier to write about stuff, however I realized long ago the kind of intimacy I achieve online does not satisfy (or strengthen) me the way across-the-table friendships do.

Family is another matter, however my family seems to be precisely the opposite of yours: aloof and disengaged. Hence my difficulty communicating.