What is loneliness and what purpose does it serve? What is it like to never be lonely? An Autistic point of view.

Read my commitment to writing again for Living Amongst Humans. I discuss the hiatus, my return, and what to expect from me in the future. I will continue to focus on Autism, bringing into the conversation what I have learned over the years while living amongst humans.

When the People did not exist, when the Land did not exist, when all there was was starlight, it was enough. And so it existed before time started. Timeless, the Stars sang to each other without beat, without rhythm. It was enough.

Photo credit: Horia Varlan . Used under Creative Commons by 2.0 Many people find atheism to be freeing. It frees the mind of the shackles of indoctrinated scripture. Avoiding such false beliefs opens up a whole universe to explore -- granted. I want to speak, though, of a different kind of freedom. One of the hidden freeing aspects of atheism is being able to cut down the number of words used when talking about God. Theists, especially those who use the name "God" as their g

I study humans as a matter of survival. I need to understand how humans work, because I live in a world full of them. I notice things about them that they don’t recognize themselves. For example, humans define boundaries. It's how they make sense of the world, how they organize it, how they pigeonhole all of its myriad bits.