Yesterday there were matters of the heart so I opened Skype and talked for an hour with a good friend in Shanghai and another hour with a good friend in New York. The relief was big. Thank God for 2008: how on earth did people manage their emotions BS (Before Skype)? Writing a letter to someone on the other side of an ocean and then waiting weeks for a reply...
Here they have a saying: "Better to have a good neighbour than a faraway friend". So maybe neighbours were better friends BS?