Riverbend is back

[chefgirl]

I've been quietly very worried and checking her blog every few days.
I checked today and for the first time in over a month, a new entry:


Saturday, July 31, 2004

And We're Back...
An insurmountable combination of heat and family issues has kept me from blogging and I’m feeling terribly guilty. I have actually started to avoid the computer which seems to look at me reprovingly every time I pass by.

>snip<

Security-wise, the situation is both better and worse all at once. The streets feel a little bit safer because you can see policemen standing around in the more crowded areas and even in some residential areas. There aren’t nearly enough to keep things secure, but just seeing someone standing there is a little bit comforting. At the same time, kidnappings have multiplied. It’s an epidemic now. Everyone seems to know someone who was abducted. Some are abducted for ransom while others are abducted for religious or political reasons. The abduction of foreigners is on the increase. People coming and going from Syria and Jordan tell stories of how their convoy or bus or private car was stopped in the middle of the road by men with covered faces and how passports and documents are checked. Should anything suspicious surface (like a British or American passport), the whole thing immediately turns from a ‘check’ or ‘tafteesh’ to an abduction.

>more< http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

-chef-

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Thanks..Salin got me hooked on that site and

:hi:

[chefgirl]

2. Yeah, I hear ya

I didn't realize how worried I was about her...kind of holding my breath. Glad to see she's back.

-chef-

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. kick