The short version: I’m back!
The long version: I’m not really sure if I can explain what happened these past several months. Of course, long slumbers are nothing new around here. There have been numerous periods of inactivity during the course of the five years that I’ve been blogging. If anything, that speaks volumes about the practice itself: that we can survive without it, regardless of how necessary we bloggers sometimes tend to think it is. This virtual life, after all, exists only at the margins of our real lives (at least for most of us).
But at the same time, this virtual life is inextricably a part of our real life, and the latter affects the former. And so my absence can only be blamed on whatever else I’ve been upto! I have received numerous requests from friends (both online and offline) to resume writing here, and I apologize belatedly for (having had to) disappoint them.
In any case, I’m happy to mention highlights from what I have been upto. (more…)
