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Loners

backtoblue

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34. Your post reminded me of my favorite poem

Reply to traladeda (Reply #22)

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:55 PM

Mar 2020

I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us — don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!

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Loner check-in [View all] backtoblue Mar 2020 OP

Right now I'm looking at Opal and how your other fur friends like her. Maraya1969 Mar 2020 #1

Lol backtoblue Mar 2020 #3

Here? Learning new fiddle tunes that I've been putting off for years, yonder Mar 2020 #2

My grandfather played the fiddle backtoblue Mar 2020 #6

Dadburn it, now you gave me an earworm!! Sunriser13 Mar 2020 #30

Watching other people play video games on videos Jamastiene Mar 2020 #4

Internet service sucks out here backtoblue Mar 2020 #8

I finally went through some of my aunt's stuff from the VA Jamastiene Mar 2020 #10

I've isolated myself for the past ten years or so, so LiberalLoner Mar 2020 #5

Hi!!! backtoblue Mar 2020 #11

I'm doing great, love having my DH work from home, LiberalLoner Mar 2020 #31

Same Here The River Mar 2020 #12

That seems like a great life. JudyM Mar 2020 #20

❤ littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #25

My cat Patches Walleye Mar 2020 #7

Yesterday, backtoblue Mar 2020 #13

Thanks. I'm used to being alone Walleye Mar 2020 #16

Doing okay except for having a raging headache on the left side of my head. littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #9

Oh, I hope you get rid of the headache backtoblue Mar 2020 #15

4 regular group type social events all cancelled. hanging out, go to beach, walk in park msongs Mar 2020 #14

DU is alot faster and accessible now that I can read on my phone backtoblue Mar 2020 #17

my fish keeps me company Goonch Mar 2020 #18

He's making duck lips... backtoblue Mar 2020 #19

I'm loving the time/space while poring over all the research on this virus. JudyM Mar 2020 #21

Thanks backtoblue Mar 2020 #33

Yeah, that's a good description of the feelings. JudyM Mar 2020 #44

hipster loner? traladeda Mar 2020 #22

Your post reminded me of my favorite poem backtoblue Mar 2020 #34

I JUST said to husband cilla4progress Mar 2020 #23

Thats great! backtoblue Mar 2020 #35

existing dweller Mar 2020 #24

Right on backtoblue Mar 2020 #36

Wisdom from Yogi Berra hurl Mar 2020 #45

Just hanging out with my cats. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #26

18 months... backtoblue Mar 2020 #37

Except for running out of junk food or toilet paper Warpy Mar 2020 #27

I hope you found some TP today! backtoblue Mar 2020 #38

Researching the virus, netflix, Twitter, DU. Three dogs. Partner here, but as an only child I have emmaverybo Mar 2020 #28

Ways to entertain yourself... backtoblue Mar 2020 #39

Oh I loved it! Lots of fun! emmaverybo Mar 2020 #41

My life hasn't changed all that much. Aquaria Mar 2020 #29

Its been raining here for weeks it seems backtoblue Mar 2020 #40

I'm doing fine. I'm nested and love being home. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #32

Stay safe! backtoblue Mar 2020 #42

Within 12 hours of the Police incident. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #43

I think, we as loners, observe the world a bit closer. I like this poem irisblue Mar 2020 #46

Great poem! backtoblue Apr 2020 #47