Tag: Loneliness

• Beware of Dogs

  Two neighborhood dogs turn an ordinary evening walk into an unexpected welcome, offering a lonesome soul laughter, companionship, and a little grace.

  RMDell’Orfano

  September 4, 2026

  Autobio

  Companionship, dogs, evening walks, friendship, grace, human connection, humor, irony, Loneliness, pets, prayer, solitude, spirituality, whispered bonds

• Table for Two

  An aging writer confronts lost friends, loneliness, noisy socializing, and chosen solitude—and discovers that living alone does not necessarily mean living without companionship.

  RMDell’Orfano

  August 14, 2026

  Autobio, Psychology

  aging, alcoholism, Companionship, COVID-19, elderly, faith, friendship, hearing loss, living alone, Loneliness, nursing homes, senior centers, seniors, social isolation, solitude, spiritual companionship, writing, Zoom

• Mama:The Iceman’s Here

  A reflection on a century of technological progress, from East Boston’s close-knit neighborhoods to today’s digital isolation, asking what we may have lost along the way.

  RMDell’Orfano

  August 7, 2026

  Autobio

  aging, artificial intelligence, community, digital isolation, East Boston, elders, family memories, human connection, human dignity, iceman, Loneliness, milkman, modern society, neighborhood life, nostalgia, postman, progress, technology, Tower of Babel

• The Doomscrolling Bomb:

  Doomscrolling is the slot machine in your pocket—random rewards keep you hooked. Like Skinner’s pigeons, most don’t even notice the cage.

  RMDell’Orfano

  September 14, 2025

  Psychology

  B.F.Skinner scrollings, Charlie Kirk assassination, doomscrolling, Extinction bomb, isolation, Loneliness, political polarization, Tyler Robinson