Stone Knives & Bearskins

Transactional interactions are the easiest. Walk into the grocery store. Grab a twenty pound bag of cat food. Plop it on the conveyor. When it’s my turn I say hello, authorize Apple Pay on my phone, tap the payment machine, grab my cat food, say thank you, then head home. Check in at the medical…

Smoking. Drinking. And motorcycling. Those are a handful of the ways I’ve found are easy for me, as an adult, introvert, and an autistic, to engage in social interactions. It was different when I was a kid. Sure, I was hella shy, frankly intimidated to the point of extreme anxiety over even the idea of…

I don’t know when it all started. I mean, it was nearly fifty years ago and I’m only now understanding how being a high functioning rustic person has had an effect on my life. I would have written this blog differently at a past point in my life. At a time I just thought I…