riverbend, where are you?

Ok, seriously, I'm starting to miss Riverbend.

And I haven't even been reading her for that long.

She's the Iraqi who started blogging when the war started in 2003. Her entries have been published in two volumes, in multiple languages. She's won journalism awards. She's humanized the war for many Americans. She's one of the reasons to have a tiny bit of hope about the internet and journalism. She left Iraq last year and her blog Baghdad Burning hasn't been updated since last October, when she wrote about living in Syria.

Anyway, Riverbend, I check your blog at least once a week, and I'm wondering where you are, and I want you to let us know. It's funny, this dependence we develop on certain voices. At least me, I'm drawn to those people who say things that are true and sharp. I count on them.