Ben and I in Pittsburgh recently for his fiftieth birthday
It's been over two years since I wrote on this blog. I'm playing with the idea of writing again. But certain things mitigate against that. For a start, it seems my page is only visible to people who are signed into Google. For another, my static side-pages don't come up. I'll try and find solutions to these things.

In the meantime, here is quick catch-up. I'd been living in the Research Triangle in North Carolina for three years, while Ben had moved to New York to work at Mt. Sinai. The idea was that I'd benefit from the interaction of being on my company's campus, and Ben and I would see each other regularly. In practice, we missed each other a whole lot. You can't overstate the importance of the sort of daily, easy relationship Ben and I have. Just the simple morning routine of reading the New York Times together, for instance, in our long and leisurely breakfasts.

In the fall of last year, I had a bit of a crisis, and I realized that living apart wasn't working, despite my distaste at the idea of working in New York. So in May of this year, we found a two-bedroom apartment together in Chelsea, in the Hudson Rail Yards development, and we moved in together again, and I started working at my company's office on 7th Avenue.

I'd like to think that it's early days, and that there's still a lot of potential growth in our arrangement. But I'm finding myself working at home a lot, and we're both finding it next to impossible to make new friends. It goes without saying that it's something we have to work on.

I'm realizing that writing isn't coming any easier than it was during the period where my blogging petered to an end a few tears ago. Blogging used to be so easy for me. Sigh. Hopefully it will get better. And easier.