Mark Greene

Saliha and I were in Maine and we had breakfast with my friend Samantha. We had not met in person before. We walk into this little breakfast place and there she is. Samantha hands me a gift. It is a little square book that is titled “I Need All the Friends I Can Get.” There is no author on the outside of the book, just the title in bold 60’s style lettering. The book is worn. It’s old. Inside on the blank first page Samatha has written a note to me.

The Oct. 30 edition of the Republican-American noted that Connecticut Attorney General William Tong was joining a lawsuit over the federal government’s suspension of SNAP food benefits. This is a result of the government shutdown, due to the Senate’s failure to pass the “continuing resolution,” which had previously been approved by the House of Representatives.

Loneliness is at epidemic levels for men, so my friend Mark Wiedmann and I did a thing. In NYC? You can join us. We’re at WalkingTalkingMen (at) gmail (dot) com. In another city? Start your own walk. For the record: Walking Talking Men is not therapy and we are not therapists. We are not seeking to sell services. We are simply sharing information about how we are creating community for men in our neighborhood. Any man who wants more friendship and local community can do this in any place, anywhere.