Off topic, but in response to eric the red's post.

I never said that I was retiring from Mudcat.

I told someone privately that I was not going to post on Mudcat for a while for personal reasons. And though that person meant well, he started a thread without my prior knowledge.

Here's a link to my post on that thread:

thread.cfm?threadid=102110#2066265 "Azizi"

And here's an excerpt from that post:
"To badly paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of my break taking from Mudcat are true.

Q pmed me and asked why I wasn't posting on Mudcat, and I succiently replied that I was taking a break from posting here. I neither knew nor did I expect him to start this thread based on that information.

I think that Q started this thread because he correctly surmised that I was at low energy, and he wanted to give my spirit a much needed boost. Although I feel somewhat embarrassed by this thread, I thank you, Q, for your consideration. And with all my heart and soul, I thank all of you for this unexpected present...

I have met so many wonderful, interesting, knowledgeable, creative, and caring people through posting on Mudcat. When my hibernation period is over, God willing and the creek don't rise, I'll be back exchanging comments with you all."


-snip-

When I go into hibernation mode for whatever reason or reasons, it could be for one week, one month, two months or longer. As it turns out, I didn't post on Mudcat for a little less than three weeks.

Again, I didn't ask nor did expect that anyone would start a thread about my absence from posting. But again, I thank Q for his good intentions. I also thank all those who wrote supportive comments and indicated that they missed me and hoped that I would return to posting on Mudcat.

When I started posting again on Mudcat, I included this "thank you" post at the end of my first post on that thread that I started:

"Thank you Mudcat members & guests. I very much appreciated and still appreciate your support and kind words. While I didn't ask for words of encouragement, they really meant and still mean a lot to me.

But now that I'm back, you can stop being so nice. Just kidding :0}} "

thread.cfm?threadid=102593#2079998 "Bazooka Zooka Bubble Gum"

-snip-

eric the red, since you asked me this question on this public thread rather than private messaging me, I felt the need to respond to you on this public thread. But having done so, I no longer feel the need to address this on any other thread.

Best wishes,

Azizi