I am back, back to a mountain of 37 newspapers that my neighbours piled on my dining room table, about 800 emails, and your thoughtful condolences on the unexpected death of my brother-in-law Martin Bergman on April 19.
His life was celebrated by more than 1,000 in Montreal. We sat shivah for the better part of a week -- and, thanks to the ministrations of my sister's many friends, all of us gained 500 pounds on the food they sent in. Martin would have loved the ''picnics'' the family had in the kitchen with the babies flinging French fries around.
Many, many thanks for all your kind words, both on the blog and privately. Sometime last week, I noticed a print-out of this, with the comments, sitting on a coffee table at my sister's.
And now, back into the breech. Posting and pugnacity will resume just as soon as I get organized.
P.S. Marco Ursi's Ryerson Review of Journalism profile of me is here. And yeah, my family was pissed I used the F-word.
Antonia,
What a cover PIC (Ryerson Review)! LOL You realize, of course, there will be those who may employ it for shall we say 'pointed' purposes like dart boards!
They of course, will wonder why the darts refuse to stick!
The others are much better.
Posted by: Bill-Muskoka | May 02, 2006 at 01:35 PM
Welcome back to the breach, AZ.
Posted by: PhantomObserver | May 02, 2006 at 01:37 PM
Welcome back. Good piece in RRJ, hells belle. Not much happened while you were away. :-)
Posted by: Dana | May 02, 2006 at 02:01 PM
Ursi's piece sounds bang on!
Now - you just be sweet to Michelle Yee - and if she has that first photo in the profile without the top of your head cropped out - grab it and use it as your avatar forever - because it conveys so much - and not just that you give perfect tongue!!
Posted by: Jiminy C | May 02, 2006 at 03:24 PM
You and your blog thoughts were missed!
Posted by: Carla | May 02, 2006 at 03:26 PM
Welcome back.
Posted by: Stephen Reeves | May 02, 2006 at 05:00 PM
"...pugnacity will resume just as soon as I get organized." posted by Antonia Z
I can't wait! LOL
Posted by: arthurdecco | May 02, 2006 at 07:27 PM
Welcome back Antonia,
re: missing things. There was that little Colbert thing at the White House Correspondent Dinner. E&P does good highlights and the full transcript is available at Kos. I watched it on youtube.com. Genius. If you haven't seen it, it's 15 minutes well spent.
Cheers,
-Greg
Posted by: Greg Soucie | May 03, 2006 at 11:14 AM
Welcome back Antonia, you were missed during the last couple of weeks, especially last week by me during the flag/coffin media debacles. Thank you for letting us know that our sympathies were seen not just by yourself but printed out for other members of your family to be able to see. That was a really nice thing to hear, for while I knew you would see our sympathies the knowledge that your whole family was able to is really heartwarming.
I look forward to your insights into the last couple of weeks and the budget as soon as you are able to be doing so. Again, welcome back.
Posted by: Scotian | May 03, 2006 at 11:41 AM
Hi
There's a vicious Mommy Blogwar going on at my site.
Please come check it out even if this comment is too self promotional to make it past the post.
Tearfree
Posted by: Tearfree | May 03, 2006 at 01:01 PM
Wow, Tearfree. That's a open-war catfight. First she goes after Andrea Gordon, now Leah McLaren. I'm sure the Globe will be pleased to see one of their freelancers publicly attacking one of their marquee columnists. That woman is really not too bright.
Posted by: Jilly | May 03, 2006 at 03:38 PM
Welcome Back Big Z,
Posted by: JDot | May 05, 2006 at 12:55 PM