Wonderful people from other countries who read here….

Muriel2017
photo by Chandra Joy Kauffmann

I get a kick out of all the countries where people live who visit here. It thrills me when someone I don’t know who lives somewhere I have never been reads what I write. Thank you so much.

Daughter Susan suggested I start listing the countries where you live. So, beginning July, 2013, this is where you are:

Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan. Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria. Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic. Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic. Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union. Fiji, Finland, France. Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guam. Hong Kong, Hungary. Iceland, Indonesia, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy. Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan. Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait. Laos, Love, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg. Malaysia, Malta, Macedonia, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar. Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway. Oman. Pakistan, Palestinian Ter. Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico. Qatar. Romania, Russia, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic. Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey. Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay. Uzbekistan, U.S. Virgin Islands, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Imagine……

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138 thoughts on “Wonderful people from other countries who read here….

  1. Hi Muriel, just imagine that you were able to have lunch with each reader in their own country – wouldn’t that be amazing! So much to learn about the different cultures and languages, while sampling delicious foods. If you can add Scotland to your list, I can send you a virtual haggis supper for lunch!
    Take care
    Steve

    • Hey Steve: Visited Scotland several times. Had typical Scottish foods like Haggis and blood pudding and whatever else can get into your mouth. (Chuckle.) Love the country. Where do YOU live?
      As for people, I love them all and have been corresponding with a few special readers. You can write me anytime. Cheers, Muriel

  2. I remember the first time a friend told me they were talking to people from other continents on the internet. It was hard to imagine it, then. For the first time we are connected, all over the planet, person to person. A momentous shift in awareness!

  3. Happy New Year 2024! I don’t know if you still remember us. We helped you get on the Amtrak bus and train from San Francisco to Van Nuys in 2013. My wife Faye bought you a cup of coffee and you and I talked about how the schools in Montreal didn’t know where to put you. You said they sent the French-speaking kids to Catholic school and the English-speaking kids to Protestant school. So what were they supposed to do with a Jewish kid? Well, I went to public schools all my life. In Los Angeles in 1959 I was in first grade. That year and every year of elementary school (kinder through 6th grade) they had us sing Christmas songs and the parents came to watch us. I was always the shortest boy in the class so they put me in the front row with the other short kids. In those days they didn’t care that I was Jewish. I didn’t know Christmas had anything to do with religion until I was about 10 years old. The way we celebrate it in the USA it really doesn’t. (gifts, parties, decorations, shopping, photos with Santa, etc.). My wife Faye is Filipina. In the Philippines they talk about God and Christmas in the public schools. It’s mostly a Catholic country. What would they do with a Jewish kid there now? Probably the same thing they did with me when I was a kid in the USA in the 1950s and early 60s.  About you falling , I’m glad you gave it up for good. Stay strong!  My wife’s aunt in the Philippines and my sister’s husband’s mother in Nevada both lived to be 101. My retired co-worker’s dad lived to be 105, and that was in Iran!  You are still in Vancouver, right?  I hear that in Canada the healthcare system is better than in the USA. So maybe you’ll be like Moses. He lived to be 120 and he was strong until his last day! So never lose hope!  Happy New Year and many more…. from Mike and Faye Freedman in California.

    • Yes, I remember you and your wife very well. It is a pleasure to hear from you again.
      I had a tough year but I’m strong and will recover. Just need to find a new hobby and not fall again. Ha, ha.
      Maybe sky-diving???? All the best for the New Year, Muriel

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