Just thinking this Sun Eve:

I need to find an irl socialization opportunity in my life. My irl socialization took place in a downtown taproom 2017- April 2026, and in a local Winery, 2021- Dec 2025.

I had never enjoyed myself as often as I did in thpse 2 places (🍷 was often involved) which made magic happen: many hundreds if not thousands of meaningful (to me) conversations, and most magically, dancing to live music at the Winery (Dec last year was the last time)

And sadly, the socialization did not proceed to meeting the same people in our private homes.

I am grateful for 2017-2026, The End of an Era.

Yesterday I met 2 of the regulars I socialized with (both at the Winery and at the taproom) in another taproom, farther away, another town. It was not the same. It was nice but also boring. The setting was different.

The good piece of news is that Bogart the Beagle 🐕 entered my life in Dec last year (right after the Winery closed) and he’s sleeping on my lap right now.

And 😔 tonight will be the 3rd I’ll be sleeping on a mattress in the sunroom because this lovely beagle peed on my bed twice on Friday.

Somehow, it helps me share this on this public forum. Maybe someone will read and answer- that’s a kind of socialization that I enjoy as well.

I enjoyed the tiny buddha forums since May 2015- before the taproom, before the Winery. Here is a place I’ve been visiting all these years, every single day. It has become a special place for me.

But even this place is becoming painfully slow. I wish more people were here with me.

✨️ 🌿 ✨️Anita