Moving

I am writing this newsletter from Pittsburgh, where I live now. I moved at some point after I wrote my last newsletter and before the Queen died. Belt has always been a remote workplace, and the staff has always lived in various cities. These days, our hardy staff of six do our jobs from Brooklyn, Dallas, Stow, Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

I’m thrilled to be living in a city that is compact and pedestrian-friendly enough that I can walk to bars and coffee shops and bookstores and the houses of friends, to parks and museum, to rivers and grocery stores. To be able to walk, walk, walk through a city is one of my greatest joys in life, and I’m old enough to know that if such a reasonable thing gives me that much pleasure, I should find a way to do it more often. I’ve been here almost two weeks and the only time I’ve opened my car door is to return to Cleveland to fetch more of my stuff. It’s only a 2 hour drive, long enough for me to let my mind wander or get deep into a podcast; close enou…