Hello, welcome. I’m Renée Valentina and this is Musing Interruptus. Musing Interruptus is a podcast for sharing thoughts and stories and enjoying idiomatic phrases and words. You can read along; the transcription is in the description of this episode. The idiomatic expressions are in italics. Try to get the meaning from the context and then look them up to see if you were right. If you like it, share it, but more importantly, continue the conversation. The background music is called Remsen By Blue Dot.

Today, I’m Never Really Alone

Once the door closes, I am finally free to be with you. I feel like a teenager stealing away to a place where I can be alone with my thoughts. It is a relief. I am relieved not to have to talk outside the w ...