Has anyone seen a post from her lately? I miss her prose.

Not for several months.<BR><BR>If you want to do a search for her threads, be sure to spell her name "Escritora."

Escritora couldn't accept, and I do understand her decision, the arbitrary deletions, hence, she left the board, which undoubtedly is poorer without her.<BR><BR>Escritora's brilliance and very particular point of view and approach were remarkable and unique.<BR><BR>I miss her, as surely many of you do, too.<BR><BR>Surlok

Yes, she's a fine writer indeed. She put the pro in prose.

I have been missing Escritora's posts, too. <BR><BR>Surlok, do you know with certainty that was the reason she left? <BR><BR>I thought she probably got fed up with the hostile, non-travel related threads that took over this sight in October and November. The rudeness on this board reached an all time high (or I guess low) in the months that followed the events on September 11. I'm only making conjecture, though. I really have no idea why she left.<BR><BR>It would be nice for the rest of us if she did come back. She always seemed to have something intelligent and helpful to add about so many places. I trusted her advice.

The last post of hers that I remember was one in which she explained that, especially since she was a professional writer, she did not want to waste her free writing offerings on Fodors only to have them arbitrarily deleted. I think Fodors had deleted some thoughtful and interesting "political" discussions re Afghanistan, apparently deeming them to be not sufficiently related to European travel.

It was ill-advised on Fodor's part. I wonder, though, if she's lurking. Are you, Escritoria? How about you, Elvira? Haven't heard much from the queen of the desert lately.

Capo: yes, indeed, she put the pro in prose, but brilliantly. Escritora is a free and original thinker, for which I very much respect and admire her.<BR><BR>S: check by yourself, I'm copying below what Escritora posted on a thread which subject was: "Where is everybody". As you can confirm, a brilliant mind can easily overcome, fight and win rudeness or natiness, but deletions were beyond her capability of fighting.<BR><BR>Carol: precisely!<BR><BR><BR>Author: Escritora ([email protected])<BR>Date: 10/09/2001, 11:18 pm<BR><BR>Message: Beth, thanks for your kind words. I'm still here and have been posting, though you may well have missed many of my posts because Fodors has been deleting threads with such a heavy hand--and in a not particularly even-handed way, either. It's a shame that we've lost so much intelligent dialog here in recent weeks, because many people here who made good contributions to the forum were silenced. I imagine many have found it difficult to remain motivated to post under those conditions.

Thanks for the reply Surlok. You really didn't need to look up her last post. I just was asking if you were specutlating or knew with certainty. I would have taken your word for it after you clarified that. Thank you, though.<BR>

Is Escritora back? Unlike others with pseudonyms, we do know who she is, and it is readily available on the internet.<BR><BR>And it is not anyone whose name is identified on this thread.<BR><BR>