There will be times when loneliness will hit, however it hits you—an ache, a mist, a misery. You don’t feel like a victorious Soloist, you feel like a left-behind Loner. It happens. Before it...

It’s time to get down to the logistics of living as a soloist. Here are some things that have worked for me: Put a light on a timer. This wasn’t my idea, it was suggested to me by a clerk in a Sears...

Thank you to everyone who answered last week’s survey. The response rate was 46% (excellent!) and two themes were of most interest: Finding our true selves Navigating life changes There was also a...

You’ve heard of the Titanic, yes? Of course you have. Kate and Leonardo made sure of that. But what about the Sultana—do you know about that one? Even though it had almost as many people on board...

When I was thirteen I stopped using the number 6, or at least avoided it as much as possible. At the time, if you had asked me why, I would have said it was a slippery number, untrustworthy, and if...

Before this most recent trip to Munich and Paris, I hadn’t travelled internationally in a few years. After having been to places like Budapest and Bangkok, Sydney and Santiago, I was out of...