Near the end of my first life I retired  to move to the Como area  in northern Italy from Houston.  Now in my better second life I write to people, write stories when inspired, walk with my dog every time he requests it, cook, occasionally act as a mime, and enjoy half my life with my wife in Milan.  These are slightly different worlds.
Maybe I drink too much wine and do not eat enough dark chocolate, but since I found salty caramel chocolate, I am beginning to doubt my tastes.
I tell my psychologist wife Valentina that I am an amateur psychobabbler.

We sometimes write short stories with other people.  It is a pleasant exercise.  If you would be interested in trying this, contact me.  The stories are a few thousand words long.  Any topic.

The five qualities I seek are 1) kindness 2)open, willing to talk 3)wit or sense of humor 4) wisdom 5) creativity.  Kindness is the most important.  Without openness, communication is difficult.

Remember if you block ages, countries, genders..., you may write a message to someone but they cannot reply to you.

Sing a song together.  Me a line, you a line, assuming there are lyriics on line.  I have one partner Angela already.

Give English, take Spanish, Russian, Turkish

Writing penpals, writing short stories, walking, cooking, watching films with my wife, playing with the dog, acting as a mime or seeking acting work, reading.
I like to coach English.  The person must know the basics but then we talk online for an hour or so a week.

Pink Floyd, Pink Martini, Handel, Damon Albarn, Phillip Glass, Sinatra, Morricone, Vinizio Caposella,

Vincere, Nella Casa, Once Upon a time in the West, Things to do in Denver when you are dead, Blade Runner, Lord of War, Killing Zoe, Sunset Blvd, Doctor Strangelove, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The Wild Bunch, The Big Lebowski, Double Indemnity

Six feet Under, Breaking Bad, In Treatment, Tales of the Loop

Martin Cruz Smith, Chekhov, Frederick Forsyth, John LeCarre, Phillip Dick, Phillip Roth, Ray Bradbury, Robert Sheckley, Eric Ambler, Marina Tsvetaeva

Fortune favors the bold (but not the bald).  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.  Who dares, wins.