Frank Bruni ruminates on friendships that just drift apart, because of geographic distance or reduced involvement in once-shared interests. [nytimes.com]

We simply stopped fitting with ease into each other’s lives. And that, as surely as any ugly conflict or any cruel betrayal, can make someone disappear.

That’s why I’m still on Facebook: to keep a connection, however slender, with friends and family with whom I don’t get to talk anymore.