I love coffee with half and half (for those of you outside the US – it’s half cream/half milk available in supermarkets everywhere around here). My efforts ate healthy eating stops at the suggestion that this indulgence be sacrificed. Can’t do it. Won’t do it. It makes my morning coffee more delicious in color and taste, allowing me to savor what one might call nectar from the gods. Yes, I’m crazy about my morning coffee. What does this have to do with you?
You’re my metaphorical half and half. Seriously. Taking baby steps to try to learn to write is something I am doing for me; the feedback and comments and conversations that we share engage, inform, inspire and amaze me. And the generous praise I have received humbles me more than I can say. I’m not that good – trust me. You however, are phenomenal. I received four awards over the past few days and for brevity and not a little self-consciousness, I’m going to acknowledge them in this post (and yes, despite my overall discomfort with accepting awards – I practiced my Oscar speech a hundred times when I was a kid…also my Grammy thank you..my Tony…my Emmy..).
Judy who writes raisingthecurtain.net is gifted with a delightful sense of humor and curiousity. She is exploring all the aspects of her second act and sharing some observations about what to do once the curtain goes up. If you have not visited her site, enjoy the show…Thank you so much Judy for three awards (talk about a bouquet of appreciation) –
And from adogwithfleas@wordpress.com, I was given the
award.
A Dog With Fleas is where one goes to hear your own voice (but in better form). Her writing reflects the challenges many experience daily – the dance of falling down and standing up taller, living with chronic medical issues, learning how to love one’s self and others, the mysteries and vagaries of the opposite sex, the indescribable feeling of a hearty laugh. Scratch your itch at her site (get it, fleas?? Oh, I kill me – you will be so glad you did.
Ok, quickly now – the requisite seven things about me (sigh, I find this part difficult)…
1. I think I’m far more graceful than I am. Witness the ten stitches in one leg and an infected gash in the other and the gross bandages that cover both. I limp into the gym and everyone cuts me a wide berth (no pun intended). Suffice it to say – don’t leave metal step-up boxes within tripping distance of me. Actually, just cut me a wide berth on general principle.
2. I have always been and continue to be a cheap date (though Andy would insist that ultimately there’s a price to be paid which is probably true).
3. I read between two and three books a week.
4. My iPod selection would embarrass or impress my kids, my in-laws, my friends and The Buena Vista Social Club. Let’s just say that ‘eclectic’ doesn’t cover it.
5. My first crush that wasn’t an animal (the first being Gold Nugget – a palomino – I loved her) was Harry Belafonte. I thought he was the most gorgeous man I had ever seen and would make my dad put his album on the stereo over and over (and over) again. “She had one eye on the pot and the other on the chimney” – a lyric which makes me smile still.
6. I’m actually pretty boring – it’s everything around me that’s interesting.
7. For reasons that I do not know I’m a very good mimic.
Now for the fun stuff – who should be the next bearers of these awards? I am trying very hard to make sure that I’m not repeating myself, so to those I have already mentioned – I still think you’re magical. To these new bloggers I follow – I am so glad we have ‘met’ –
Paperkeeper@wordpress.com
Keiththegreen@wordpress.com
SusanLDanielseden@wordpress.com
Onthehomefrontandbeyond@wordpress.com
wordsbecomesuperfluous.com
sbkandassociates.com
johnrchildress.com
Thank you again for enjoying the blog, sharing your thoughts with me, and embracing me in this community of talent and heart and inspiration.
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