tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post114245808657336239..comments2023-12-25T12:57:29.431+02:00Comments on Mel's Diner: America, a love lettermelusinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04096116965055620488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-32958553302825012712010-08-18T10:28:27.236+03:002010-08-18T10:28:27.236+03:00Great post from the past... so much has changed fo...Great post from the past... so much has changed for us, and yet its still so much the same, isn't it? It's good sometimes though, to get away from "home," just so we can see it from a different perspective.LAHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15268579298100917721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1160488295497444712006-10-10T16:51:00.000+03:002006-10-10T16:51:00.000+03:00As an American expat living and working in Saudi A...As an American expat living and working in Saudi Arabia, I totally empathize with this post...this is a strange and wonderful life we lead, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>http://sandgetsinmyeyes.blogspot.comLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668192168400882599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1142691221941201572006-03-18T16:13:00.000+02:002006-03-18T16:13:00.000+02:00Nice post. I feel the same way when I travel, part...Nice post. I feel the same way when I travel, particularly in countries where I don't speak the language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1142597040473257232006-03-17T14:04:00.000+02:002006-03-17T14:04:00.000+02:00What a wonderful post Mel! I think you've made the...What a wonderful post Mel! I think you've made the point perfectly.<BR/><BR/>Just out of interest though, in 3,5 years, Have you ever been back for a vacation? If not, you should definately go. You'll feel all the better for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1142586295618106762006-03-17T11:04:00.000+02:002006-03-17T11:04:00.000+02:00I also have an innocent envision of my America loc...I also have an innocent envision of my America locked in my heart and I hope that this version of America, will someday, prevail.Flubberwinklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778178104656991415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1142548219931815882006-03-17T00:30:00.000+02:002006-03-17T00:30:00.000+02:00zardoz says:UP there in tham' there hills,,there a...zardoz says:<BR/><BR/>UP there in tham' there hills,,<BR/><BR/>there are villages in the olympus<BR/><BR/>mountains , if ya visit with hubbie<BR/><BR/>try the old coffe shops ,,<BR/><BR/>youll notice in some of the elder ones<BR/><BR/>pictures of JACK KENNEDY among the few <BR/><BR/>american presidents revered in greece<BR/><BR/>if all works out well ,,<BR/><BR/>and you can carry on a conversation<BR/><BR/>with the locals in the coffee shop<BR/><BR/>they have someinteresting memoirs to <BR/><BR/>share ,, especially if ya get them <BR/><BR/>(the elder ones) to tell ya were <BR/><BR/>they were the news of old jack's death <BR/><BR/>came in, or robert kennedys ,,even <BR/><BR/>martin luther kings, some remmember<BR/><BR/>i've lived it on occassion and it<BR/><BR/>doesnt <BR/><BR/>seem to make a difference , if I were<BR/><BR/>in greece or <BR/><BR/> were in kankakee, IL , OR hickory TN.<BR/><BR/><BR/>BUT THATS JUST ME .<BR/><BR/>== ZARDOZ ==Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1142530025306818332006-03-16T19:27:00.000+02:002006-03-16T19:27:00.000+02:00As long as there are still Americans like you, 'yo...As long as there are still Americans like you, 'your America' will never vanish. What a beautifully written post Mel.The SeaWitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157875952893208383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1142503503011040442006-03-16T12:05:00.000+02:002006-03-16T12:05:00.000+02:00mel, hopefully we will find our balance again...mel, hopefully we will find our balance again...Tracie P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16220560234729129259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435777.post-1142471236428527832006-03-16T03:07:00.000+02:002006-03-16T03:07:00.000+02:00Nice post.Sadly the US has become the most xenopho...Nice post.<BR/><BR/>Sadly the US has become the most xenophobic country on earth. The discourse is one of fear and reaction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com