The stereotype of the gay man fated to be lonely and alone has with the gay rights movement gotten less true. There's still a gay life after 40 or at least there can be.
Making friends from strangers has never been easy. The reasons I've analyzed in my own case are tied to who I am as a personality, but also who I chose to be.
I love where I live and this is the story of how that came to be. The story is also an appreciation of one of Barry Lopez's essays about connection to place.