I got the impulse to call my wayward wordsmith friend in New York having read via Twitter he was once again in New York. To be honest, my desire to talk to him went through the litany of response options. Reply Tweet? Text? Facebook message? Email? No to all, I just want to talk to him. Then it occurred  to me I was reading all this on a device that was actually first and foremost a phone. I could call! Do I dare? What if he's doing something? What time is it in New York? It suddenly struck me how easy phone calls had become and how we now seem to do everything but talk.

My friend and I had a great chat. Here's to actually dialing friends.