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[bunnyofblackgables]

Hello

Yes, the title of my blog is an homage to the beloved children’s classic, Anne of Green Gables (1908), by L.M. Montgomery. I grew up watching the 1985 film version starring Megan Follows, and then later read the book. While Anne certainly had her bout of troubles, symbolically her gables were always "green" and she even got a happy ending. Bunny was my childhood nickname, and while I still enjoy its use, the adult world in which I find myself is more ominous and the troubles I face are far more treacherous than Anne’s. Hence, my gables are black. Perhaps some of my thoughts should be kept private. I have decided to share everything publicly with all of you because, well, I find myself in a place where I have no friends to share my thoughts and experiences with. I’ve never been one to have a ton of friends. In fact, I’ve only had two or three close friends at any given time in my life. But in the wake of multiple COVID lockdowns, followed by three waves of variants, and compounded by the fact that it’s really hard to make new friends as an adult, I reached a place where I’ve come to find myself alone. I have no intimate friends. I am established in a “successful” career, but it’s an incredibly stressful and challenging field where opening up to your coworkers is a dangerous option. So I don’t. My city is a horrible city to date in. (Trust me, I know.) So I don’t. I live in a high-rise apartment in a major metropolitan city where neighbors don’t mean jack shit. So they’re out. Opening my heart to a mostly anonymous audience is a new adventure for me. In turn, you’ll be learning the inner secrets of a mostly anonymous blogger. But I think a lot of you will be able to relate to the things I think and feel. I haven’t had a best friend, a real best friend, since I was eight years old. But I want to have a best friend now. This is not going to be a nice, flowery, “feel good” blog. I want to be human, and I want to treat you as if you are my best friend. Here goes nothing. Yours truly, Bunny