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On an entirely different note, if you are retired or nearly so, you might look into whether your region has an OLLI chapter. There are supposedly over 100 chapters scattered across the nation. See this website for a list of locations.
What, you may be asking, is OLLI? It is an acronym for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Associated with a college or university, OLLI finds volunteers to teach non-credit, ungraded courses for seniors who pay a small annual fee to be eligible to attend.
The teachers are called peer leaders and the topics can be almost anything seniors might be interested in learning about. The other DrC and I each teach for our local OLLI chapter, I on world affairs, she on point-and-shoot photography.
Our chapter also has courses on ukulele, on knitting, on computers, on genealogy; about a hundred different topics in all. It's probably one of the more active chapters, especially as it is located in a not-huge city in a rural area. It is a great way to keep your mind active, and meet some friendly folks.
