I should mention at this point that it’s really sort of hard to be lonely-lonely when I know I have someone at home looking forward to seeing me again. So there’s the catch: I wanted to go off and recall the experience of loneliness, but, it’s only safe to do that because I know I’m not really alone. That’s kind of a new thing since the last time I set off to travel on my own, and it occurs to me that I should be careful what I wish for…