Old friends (update)

Some of you might remember my post about Child Bloggers. Well, thanks to the reunion, Internet and our one true blogosphere, she found me!

This is what she wrote:

Hi Tamar

This is your old childhood friend Mimi who just came upon your website through the preparations for the Habonim reunion - at which I will make a special point of looking for you . It will now be easier for me to recognise you than you me, but we shall see. Perhaps they will give everyone name-tags!!

If you have become a writer (which I did not know - I only vaguely knew that you were in the US) I can claim credit for encouraging the early signs of talent in the note-game we used to play for endless hours at 6 Birchenough Road - do you remember? could you forget ???? See you at the end of the month ............ Mimi

Well, dear readers. You all know me by now - Can you imagine my reaction?

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Newsflash:

Just in. Mimi has allowed me to publish her photograph in my "Friends Album." You will find her as "Mimi." She asked many questions about the blog and I thought, "Hmm ... we are writing our "notes" again.

... in fact I don't understand what this site of yours is - what do you mean "for my readers" ?? Who are the people who regularly (?) read and respond to your site? I mean what is the common thread that makes this group of people get into a particular site (yours) ??? And from what I see it seems to be a very extensive and detailed site indeed. What is actually its purpose?

Only - now - I want to reply - want to drop the note into a little box, pull the string, and have her pull it up or around to where she is seated (by her computer at this stage in our "game"), only this time, 40 odd years later - I don't know what to say ...

I mean:

what makes people "get into" my site?

and - oh dear:

what is actually its purpose?

Comments

[Joel]

I'd find that exhilerating and shocking! I haven't run into anyone from my hometown who blogs, but then, it wasn't either the most literate or most bold community.

[Leanne]

Hmmm, it reminds me something. How's your South Beach Project going??

[Tamar]

Leanne: I replied to you in an e-mail (blushing now). I also refer to your question in my comment to Joel at my "Making friends with me" posting.

Joel: Actually Mimi isn't blogging at this stage (see her questions in my "Update" of Old Friends). Our community was a great mixture of literate and bold as well as NOT!

[Jean]

You'd probably be read avidly if you blogged about the South Beach Diet! A lot of my time and attention is spent trying and mostly failing to eat better and exercise more - I have no energy, I'm 2 or 3 stones overweight and I noted last night that my stomach is starting to get in the way when I cut my toenails, which really freaks me out as I was extremely slim until about forty when I began to slowly and steadily to pile on the pounds. On the other hand, I think at some level I revel in looking more and mre unlike my always-slim mother. I've so far refrained from blogging about this, but perhaps I should. Also, I was wondering why you walk and run on a treadmill when you live next to a lovely park - is it not safe to go there alone?

[Tamar]

Ah Jean, oh dear, yes - soon I need to dedicate a post about the South Beach Diet to my dear friend, Leanne who is now feeling mortified that she mentioned it - and so she should, dear person! I adore the description of putting on the pounds and being unable to cut your toe-nails. I can relate to it so well!

In answer to the treadmill question which is, I might say, an excellent one, that touches me deeply to realize that you "noticed": lately I feel like I get a really good work-out on the treadmill. Plus, the park is so beautiful and new, I like to concentrate on the natural surroundings and not power-walk through it.