Updates, Plus Coming Soon: First Results of Single-at-Heart Survey

by | May 6, 2012 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, alone time, IT'S PERSONAL, new ways of living, single at heart

Seems like this “All things single” blog has been a bit neglected of late. Sorry about that. I have been happily busy with lots of things. I’m getting that new-ways-of-living project off the ground, doing all the interviews I can afford to do on my own dime in order to be able to write a compelling enough proposal to get a book contract. That means either interviewing people I can get to easily by train or car, or visiting friends who can put me up for free. If I do get a contract, then I will be less constrained by costs.

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What I’m Up to These Days

by | Apr 3, 2012 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, Books about singles, good places to live single, IT'S PERSONAL

In January 2010, I wrote a post for my Living Single blog called Not going nuclear: So many ways to live and love. In it, I wondered about a fundamental question of our lives – how do we choose to live, now that we don’t all live in the sentimentalized nuclear family household comprised of mom, dad, and the kids – and no one else – all under one roof? How do different arrangements work out, with regard to fulfilling our needs and desires? How can each of us achieve just the right mix of time alone and time with others?

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My No Good, Very Bad 4th of July from the Past

by | Jul 4, 2011 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, alone time, family, Friendship, good places to live single, IT'S PERSONAL, Singlism and matrimania

Back during my East Coast days, there was a year when a colleague invited me to go to her daughter’s play on the 4th of July. I don’t like doing that sort of thing all the time, but I do enjoy kids’ performances occasionally, so that was fine. The play was around noon, so I figured we’d spend the rest of the day together.

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