These are all good.

The bed one, Morty, is very apt. One counselor once asked me if I had moved from my side of the bed to the middle. Once you do that, she said, you are on the way to recovery. Since then I have made a point to sleep in the middle but it is still disconcerting to wake up and roll out of bed only to find you have to roll again to reach the edge.

Those danged connected people keep sneaking in here. Tut, tut, you shouldn't do that! This is our effort to reassure me that it's OK to be single. Most of us know the advantages of being in a couple. Some of us are single by preference and some by recent heartbreak. We are celebrating the fact that we are FREE, single, and over 21.

For example, I made a point of going to the Maine State Museum in Augusta this weekend. Unfortunately on Sunday it doesn't open until 1:00 and I was there at 10:30. I decided to hang around in Augusta for a while and then after an hour or so changed my mind. I didn't have to justify that change. I didn't have to worry that my decision would affect my partner. I didn't have to worry about anything.

By the way Rick Fielding has a great recording of Bachelor's Hall on his first album. That should be my theme song. I may have to try to learn it.