After a Long Hiatus, I'm Back

Friday, November 27, 2009

After a Long Hiatus, I'm Back

I am surprised to see that I still have any followers at all, after taking a long, unannounced and unplanned hiatus from the world of blogs. I didn't really plan to stop blogging, or to stop reading blogs, and no great trauma or drama has occurred in my life. It seems that I went a week without writing, and then that stretched into two, and before I knew it, I was out of the habit altogether. Because I wasn't visiting my blog, I got behind on reading all the blogs I followed. But I miss reading everyone's blogs, so now I'm back. I'm going to read as much as I can, and resume posting as well. I'm looking forward to catching up!

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C. AldereteNovember 28, 2009 at 8:58 AM
FINALLY! ;) Your blog is one of the few worth reading.
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Frankie AnonNovember 28, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Wow, thank you!
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AnonymousDecember 1, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Welcome back, Frankie! I was so tired to see Tony Hillerman's name everytime I checked your blog! I am glad you are back. :-)
- Bijita
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Bagman and ButlerDecember 2, 2009 at 6:34 AM
Welcome back!
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Cast of Characters

Since many of my posts are pretty personal, I've given pseudonyms to some people who show up in this blog.

Frink--My True Love. Every time his namesake on The Simpsons says "Flavin" in that Jerry Lewis voice, he laughs till it hurts. It's charming and goofy and I love him for it.

Great Aunt Fern & Uncle Edmond -- More than anyone else in my family, my kindred spirits. She was a southern housewife, he an erudite professor. They left their old lives and selves behind when he joined the UN in the 50s and they moved to Sri Lanka, India, Ethiopia, Thailand, and elsewhere.

The Party Grandma -- my father's mother, a one-time flapper and party girl. She wasn't much of a mother, but my father doted on her nonetheless.

Aunt Jackie -- The Party Grandma's younger sister, who more or less raised my dad. Still going strong at 95.

August -- My little sister, who took her own life at 17. One day soon I'll work up the courage to write about her.

Puki and SamIAm -- our cats.

Matt--My brilliant, troubled ex-husband, a doctor and drug addict. We became best friends at 14, started dating at 16, moved in together at 20, married at 25, divorced at 40.

The Slut--The woman my husband had an affair with. And got pregnant. Oh, did I mention I was pregnant at the time? I lost my baby (the last of 5 miscarriages); she had hers. They're in the midst of a nasty divorce.

Me--Because I refuse to give The Slut the last word!

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Friday, November 27, 2009