[Erwin]

This reminds me a bit of this first-person piece of autism-related sci-fi: http://www.amazon.com/The-Speed-Dark-Elizabeth-Moon/dp/03454...

I used to keep a diary, where 13 years ago my entries were long monologues similar to this. There was a clear correlation between amount of personal and emotional human contact I had in a day and the length of the diary entries where I tried to reminisce going mushroom picking with my grandmother a decade earlier.

The world today seems too constantly distracting for that sort of thing.

[lastbookworm]

That seems like a very interesting book. Thanks for sharing! I have added it my list of things to read.

[nickknw]

Just curious, which way did the correlation go? Less contact => Longer entries?

[Erwin]

Yes, less personal contact, perhaps a less meaningful job at the time meant more time brooding over everything due. Now that I do something people depend on and no longer live alone, I haven't felt the need to reminiscence.

[geargrinder]

This is an excellent book. Thanks for reminding me of it.