Stop the presses… I just received an email that I was given a Versatile Blogger Award!
The super cool folks at tripsfor2 ranked me as one of 15 bloggers deserving this award. And just as I was fearing I would have to reduce my output, they rave about my output!
The rules of the award state that I must write some details about myself and also pass along this award to fifteen other bloggers. Since I just found that out, that will have to wait until probably next week, when I have a moment to think about it.
But in the meantime, I want to thank Hadi and Kathleen who have really wonderful posts about traveling (I swear, they’ve been everywhere) including, but not limited to some wonderful posts about aboriginal art. And the photos are really great. They are (just about) all by Hadi. I mean, check out the birds here and the hummingbird that attracted me to his photos in the first place (on a different site but the same folks).
This was a delightful way to start of 2012. As was a wonderful selection of short story recommendations from Karen Carlson over at A Just Recompense. She has given me a selection of really intriguing stories to read and I’m quite grateful for them. I hope to start those this week. Oh, and just when I thought that Karen was only about the books, a quick browse over to her site shows that she’s also a Project Runway fan. I’ll be checking in with her as the year progresses.
A final note, my wife has been taking beautiful pictures for over two years now. She posts a picture every day at her site The Fair View. For her end of the year post at her other blog Sew Buttons, she posted her favorite photos of the year. And while I’m biased (and even more because there’s several of my kids), I think she takes some really stunning pictures. So, if you like nature photos (and photos of other people’s kids, pop on over. And if you like what you see, spread the word. I know there’s a million photographers out there, but I happen to think she’s terribly under-recognized (she needs some work on the shameless self promotion side of things).
Here’s plans for making 2012 a great year and January 2012 the month that I hit a quarter of a million views. I just blew my mind by writing that.
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