Hi Songtx, nice to meet you!
It takes a while to get back in touch with what we have lost, intererets, old friends, new hobbies. But it all comes in time.
A songwrier, eh? I was an English major, I write peotry and fiction, but have played with writing a few songs.
This song came to mind when I read your post, not only because of the Texas reference, but the happy/sad feeling, and the sense of reaching out from isolation...very pretty!
Anchored Down in Anchorage. (link will open song via you-tube)
Hope you enjoy it, as a song writer, or even in general