I saw the link to friends in the article. I think that page is a good idea. But I also read that in the 3 yrs in Woodstock - he "never met anyone". In the 3 yrs in Portland - "some dear and deep friends (made) worldwide, but none in Portland". I'm certain there were great folks in both places that could have been great friends that changed the authors life for the better. Unfortunately, these folks were local and probably provided little support for either cd baby or host baby.

Home was the place that I would just work. I was going to so many conferences and such, that all my social time was out of town.

No disrespect intended, Derek. I got a different message from your post - one that glorifies isolation to intimacy because intimacy is hard(er). Balance is a passionate mantra for me. Peace.