I need more social connections despite lack of the gift of gab

I need more social connections despite the lack of the gift of gab. Hard to find anybody, in this northern desert frontier town area, with any mutual interests, it seems. Most folks around here respond to my saying that I have hobbies of creating innovative space transportation concepts, writing science fiction, researching electrowellness - and doing volunteer work in marine biology tiny crustacea via my computer for a distant museum - they respond with a blank stare for a moment before wandering off somewhere else - and politely avoiding me from then on.