No, I haven’t got spots, I’ve been awarded the Breakout Blogger Award by Christine at Abbey of the Arts, who thoroughly deserved getting the award in the first place.
I’m very grateful, and best of all I get to choose some other recipients. Christine has already bagged some goodies, and I’ll add these lovely blogs that I so enjoy:
Chai Time. Maya combines warm stories of family life with posts that sometimes challenge and often make me look at things from a different perspective.
Chasing Grace. Because Lisa’s words and pictures are both graceful and interesting. (And because I have a soft spot for Siofra.)
Don’t Eat Alone. Milton combines poetry, lyrics, videos, social conscience and recipes beautifully.
Let it Shine. Anne walks some trails of breathtaking beauty and records them for us with her camera. Her words on peace and on environmental issues are well-worth reading.
Those Northern Skies. Melissa photographs children unbelievably well. She captures the essence of happy childhood. See here, here and here. Stunning! And she writes well. And she does lots of other craft things. I’m not really envious…
I don’t want to leave anyone out – there are many more blogs that I read every day and love. You know who you are – I hope. But I’ll leave it there for today and finish by borrowing a quote Anne uses in Let it Shine, because I think that all the blogs I’ve mentioned, and the others I read, are written with love:
When small things are done with love, it’s not a flawed you or me who does them: it’s love. I have no faith in any political party, left, right, or centrist. I have boundless faith in love. In keeping with this faith, the only spiritually responsible way I know to be a citizen, artist, or activist in these strange times is by giving little or no thought to ‘great things’ such as saving the planet, achieving world peace, or stopping neocon greed. Great things tend to be undoable things. Whereas small things, lovingly done, are always within our reach.
David Duncan, in “Blessed Unrest” by Paul Hawken
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Thanks for the links and you really did deserve this award.You always make me stop and think.
Thank you so much. That is so sweet of you to think of me.
Siofra sends ‘puuurrrsss’. >^..^
Tess,
Once again you show yourself to be so generous with your kind words! I am going to have to do a blog post with all the links of people I read regularly. You are at the top of my list!
Thank you! What can I say?
Hi Tess,
I checked your blog today and I was soooo happy to find that you gave such beautiful compliments to my blog! Thank you so much, that is very encouraging to hear! I’m glad you enjoy the photographs, I have a fabulous time taking them because I have the pleasure of hiking in such lovely areas.
I also truly enjoy reading your blog and reading your thoughtful and introspective posts.
Thanks so much!
Anne
(Let It Shine)