Looking out my Backdoor: Oh, yes, I'm the great offender

“My need is such I offend too much. I’m lonely but no one can tell.”

Ah, they were a great group, back in my time, The Platters. “Pretender” is the real word of the song, not “offender.”

“Too real when I feel what my heart can’t conceal” so rather than pretend I took a deep breath knowing I was setting out to offend a friend.

I stuck my foot in the sludge, big time. I have strict self-rules to protect myself from the COVID virus. Since I live on a walled property with hardly anybody around, and never go to town, it has been relatively easy for me to stay safe, a recluse in my casa.

When a few...