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As I am chatting on the phone with AdventureMan, he brings up the blog.
“I don’t get it,” he says, “You get like fifty-seven comments on any article about the Qatteri Cat, and you get NO comments on a perfectly wonderful article like the Lemba and their DNA link to the lost tribes of Israel!”
I just laugh. I’ve gotten used to it.
“Months from now I will get a letter from some academic who has been looking for that article and can’t find it,” I tell AdventureMan. “And months from now, that article will still be getting hits while the Qatteri Cat entry is long forgotten.”
Chatting with my Mom on the phone, this morning, she mentioned how she was working out in the water these days, trying to build strength in her legs and knees and hips, and how when she gets discouraged she thinks of the entry on The Magic Bullet and how she really does feel better and have more energy when she finishes. I’m so proud of my Mom. She is 84, living on her own, and had one of her old best friends as a houseguest this weekend, and they attended a fashion show in which my sister Sparkle was modeling. They had a great time. I can only hope to be as fit and active as my Mom when I am her age, and, God willing, still living on my own.
This morning I got an e-mail from Kuwaiti Woman / Dirty Dinar letting her regular commenters know she is back in the blog world once again. I am so glad she wrote to us – I had deleted her from my list of favorites when so much time went by without an entry. Her blog is about the great adventure of learning to manage your own money. She is a very courageous woman, lets us in on all her failures as well as her successes, and because she does not spare herself, she is totally addictive. Who hasn’t had to make tough financial decisions from time to time that blow the budget?
These feedbacks – and the wonderful, additive feedback of your comments – are what keep this blogger going.
Yes, I am having fun. How cool is it knowing your own Mom copied out the recipe for Penny Carrot Salad? How cool is it learning that there are Arab wolves in the desert, and that they are in danger of extinction because they are interbreeding with feral dogs ( R’s comment on Total Crack Up) This blog has made me feel connected in Kuwait, and connected to like-minded people around the world.
I still protect my anonymity, and at the same time, I have a realistic fear that I am getting closer and closer to the day when one of my good friends will look at me sharply and say “I think you are blogging. Are you Intlxpatr?” I don’t know what I will do when that happens. I’m not a good liar, and why would I want to lie to a friend? I just don’t know how long I can expect to keep my identity a secret.
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Still visiting Kuwait and enjoying your blog!I am curious about you managing to keep your identity secret -surely any friend that has visited you and sees your cat will know your secret -haha. Thanks for the daily entertainment and all the information you provide.
Michele – There are some areas of my life that never hit this blog at all, and you would be surprised how many ginger and white cats there are in this part of the world. They came in on Turkish ships to control the rats in these coastal towns, interbred with the desert cats, and now you can find them everywhere. Who knows, when you come, you may find QC’s twin! 😉
How did you like the dust storm(s)?
My husband warned me to stay in-doors and keep the dust out but I could not resist slipping out onto the balcony to take pictures for back home. Spectacular!
Now you have discovered the secret, people like simple and useless posts 🙂
Oi…I was thinking of commenting on that lost tribe post but changed my mind since AM mentioned it. 😛
Nah kidding..so far you are one of the most interesting bloggers I’ve come across & I sure did learn quite a lot of new tidbits of info from here. 🙂
Keep it up!
Grin, QC was my first idea of busting you out too.
One day you might feel comfortable with revealing it, or not.
Your Mom sounds great 😀
Michele, your family won’t allow you to come back! They will think you have to ride camels through the sand storms!
Purgatory – I am so SLOW! It’s taken me all this time to figure it out! You could have TOLD me!
And I have learned from YOU, Я. I would have loved to meet your pirate grandfathers and hear their stories! 🙂
Heee Heee, Nicole, did you think I would be out dragging the QC on a leash and you would recognize me??
My Mom is a pistol! Very sharp, very funny lady.
Nice idea. 😉
That would convince most people around here that Americans are crazy for real 😛
Nope, I thought more like your friends would recognize you via the cat 🙂
Hee heee heee heeeeeeeee!
Qatteri Cat is a a world-famous web celebrity! :O
And, 3baid, it hasn’t gone to his pretty little head one bit. 😉